Talk:Nelson class battleship

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[edit] Contradiction?

There’s a good amount of detail in this article. There is, however, a contradiction. The following:

“he crews were warned to never fire all the 16-in (406-mm) guns at the same time, because this would damage the deck - clearly, a serious handicap on a fighting ship. This is a long-standing rumour, and was disproved at the final action with Bismarck, where Rodney did fire the occasional full broadside without any adverse effects!”

sits at odds with the last sentence:

“Despite these difficulties, both Nelson and Rodney had successful careers during World War II, the latter vessel helping to sink DKM Bismarck in 1941 (although the guncrews ignored engineers' instructions during the battle, and inflicted more damage on their own ship than Bismarck did.)”

So did Rodney actually sustain damage from firing full broadsides?194.72.92.36 14:45, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure this is contradictory. The first paragraph you cite is talking about the deck planking, but this was replaced and the new teak planks were not affected by firing a full broadside. The last paragraph is talking about "damage" and I would not think this would be a term applied to superficial effects to the deck. I think it refers to structural damage, but clearly the article lacks this detail. Wiki-Ed 13:55, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Turret names

Shouldn't the turrets be 'A', 'B' and 'Q'? Calling it 'C' implies that it was superfiring over 'B' and capable of firing in the forward arc. 'X' would imply it could train aft, therefore to me 'Q' is the logical name as it can only fire on the beams and restricted fore / aft angles. Emoscopes ^Talk 18:59, 4 September 2006 (UTC)