Posted by: raflaunches
« on: 05 May 2018, 09:04:55 »Hi James
Yes the guys at NMM are correct. The first three Majestics (Majestic, Magnificent, and Prince George) had a bridge which sat around the foremast but the designers and the Admiralty soon realised that in a battle if the foremast was hit the entire bridge would collapse with it! So in the remaining six vessels they relocated the bridge to the conning tower position as this area had a greater survivability rate. I’ll see if I can photo the plans so you can see the difference.
Yes the guys at NMM are correct. The first three Majestics (Majestic, Magnificent, and Prince George) had a bridge which sat around the foremast but the designers and the Admiralty soon realised that in a battle if the foremast was hit the entire bridge would collapse with it! So in the remaining six vessels they relocated the bridge to the conning tower position as this area had a greater survivability rate. I’ll see if I can photo the plans so you can see the difference.