The King George V class historically used eight boilers and four geared turbines to drive four shafts. A turbine-electric layout could separate smaller generating rooms and route their output flexibly. Losing one shaft would not have to deprive pumps, lighting, or other damage-control systems of power from surviving generators. The Prince of Wales example illustrates how isolating a damaged shaft while retaining electrical power might prevent cascading loss of damage-control capacity.
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A more survivable King George V electrical architecture
Distributed turbine generators could keep propulsion, pumps, lighting, and damage-control systems alive after machinery or shaft damage.