Nelson's all-forward turret layout

Nelson and Rodney concentrated all three main turrets forward. The low rear position of C turret limited how the main battery could bear directly ahead because it fired toward the back of B turret. A higher superfiring C position offered a theoretical alternative, though it would have created its own design pressures. The layout reflected treaty limits and the political psychology of the post-Jutland period. The suggestion that Britain could have called fast capital ships frigates shows how naming and classification affected what politicians would accept.