Editing Nelson-class battleship (section)

===Superstructure===
The large superstructure, which was octagonal in plan, was known to its crew as the "Octopoidal"<ref name="ReferenceC">''HMS Rodney'', Iain Ballantyne, Pen & Sword Books, {{ISBN|978 1 84415 406 7}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=March 2023}} and was sometimes referred to as "[[Queen Anne's Mansions]]"<ref name="ReferenceA">Burt, p.</ref> due to its similarity to a 14-storey brick residential development opposite [[St James's Park tube station]] in London. The superstructure provided spacious, weatherproof working spaces for the navigating officers and any flag officers embarked. Except for the emergency conning tower at its base, and the trunking for the main gun directors mounted on top, the superstructure was lightly armoured against splinters only, to save weight. Additional weight-saving design measures included the use of light materials such as aluminium for fittings, and [[fir]] instead of [[teak]] for deck planking, although subsequently, teak decks were fitted in the late 1920s, following concerns that the ships could not fire a full broadside without causing structural damage to the decks.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>{{Page needed|date=March 2023}}

The ''Nelson'' class was a revolutionary but compromised design, and unsurprisingly there were shortcomings. The location of the superstructure towards the stern caused manoeuvrability problems in high winds, especially when steaming at low speeds, where the superstructure acted somewhat like a [[mizzen]] [[sail]] permanently set, causing the ships to "weathervane" but according to Captain [[Hugh Binney]], who commanded ''Nelson'' in the late twenties, "if this is kept in mind, no real difficulties should be encountered in any circumstances".<ref name="ReferenceA"/>{{Page needed|date=March 2023}} This was potentially a problem in crowded harbours, and made the ships somewhat difficult to dock and embark although this issue never led to a major incident. Binney also stated "In the early stages of the ship's first commission, there was a general misconception that the ''Nelson'' class were unhandy and difficult to manoeuvre. Both my predecessor and myself, however, very soon discovered that this opinion was entirely fallacious! In calm weather, the ship's manoeuvring capabilities are in no way inferior, and in many ways superior to those of ''Queen Elizabeth'' or ''Revenge''."<ref name="ReferenceA"/> They could also be awkward to manoeuvre when moving astern. This was attributed to the ships having a single, central rudder which was out of the propeller race of the twin screws. At sea, however, they were reported to handle well, with a comparatively small tactical diameter (turning circle) particularly when turning into the wind, according to Lt. Commander (later Rear Admiral) [[Galfry Gatacre]] RAN, who served in 1941–1942 as the navigator for both ''Nelson'' and subsequently ''Rodney''. He reported no difficulty in navigating either ship through the boom gates at [[Scapa Flow]].  ''Nelson'' and ''Rodney'' were the only battleships never to have bumped the [[Net laying ship|boom gate vessel]] as they passed through Hoxa Sound.<ref name="ReferenceB">''Reports of Proceedings 1921–1964'', G.G.O. Gatacre, {{ISBN|0 949756 02 4}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=March 2023}}