The British design spends weight on seakeeping and carries an all-forward main battery in the Nelson tradition. That arrangement concentrates magazines forward while leaving machinery aft. Shell hits and fire near the bow therefore threaten a large share of the ammunition spaces at once. Differences in subdivision may help determine whether such damage remains local or spreads, so the simulation illustrates a real design tradeoff even when its exact armor model is imperfect.
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All-forward armament concentrates damage risk
An all-forward battery saves design weight and supports seakeeping, but it concentrates magazines near the bow and makes forward damage especially dangerous.