Did Renown have a better armor layout than Tiger?
Short answerNo; Tiger's protection was better, while Fisher's visionary use concepts often outran his grasp of the engineering needed to realize them.
NotesTiger is presented as the better-armored one-word battlecruiser, while Renown reflects Fisher's uncompromising pursuit of speed and guns. Dreadnought's wing turrets and Fisher's doubts about superfiring show that he was not consistently a technical innovator. Figures such as Jellicoe and Henderson were needed to turn broad visions into workable systems.