. ▁The ▁guns ▁were ▁distributed ▁in ▁two ▁centre line ▁tur rets , ▁one ▁each ▁fore ▁and ▁one ▁a ft ▁of ▁the ▁super structure , ▁and ▁four ▁wing ▁tur rets ▁dis posed ▁in ▁the ▁corners ▁about ▁the ▁fun n els . ▁The ▁centre line ▁tur rets ▁could ▁traverse ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁ 2 8 5 ° ▁while ▁the ▁wing ▁tur rets ▁were ▁limited ▁to ▁about ▁ 1 2 0 ° ▁on ▁the ▁broad side ▁due ▁to ▁m uzz le ▁bl ast . ▁The ▁gun ▁had ▁an ▁elev ation ▁range ▁of ▁− 5 ° ▁to ▁+ 1 5 ° . ▁The ▁ ▁shell ▁we ighed ▁ ▁and ▁was ▁fired ▁at ▁a ▁maximum ▁m uzz le ▁velocity ▁of ▁. ▁This ▁gave ▁it ▁a ▁range ▁of ▁ ▁at ▁maximum ▁elev ation . ▁The ▁gun ' s ▁rate ▁of ▁fire ▁was ▁about ▁three ▁r ounds ▁per ▁minute ▁and ▁the ▁ships ▁carried ▁ 1 0 0 ▁r ounds ▁for ▁each ▁gun . ▁ ▁Their ▁secondary ▁arm ament ▁of ▁ten ▁ 5 0 - cal ib re ▁B L ▁ 6 - inch ▁M k ▁XI ▁guns ▁was ▁arranged ▁in ▁single ▁em bras ures . ▁They ▁were ▁mounted ▁amid ships ▁on ▁the ▁main ▁deck ▁and ▁were ▁only ▁us able ▁in ▁calm ▁weather . ▁The ▁guns ▁could ▁only ▁traverse ▁about ▁ 1 2 0 ° ▁on ▁the ▁broad side . ▁They ▁initially ▁had ▁a ▁maximum ▁elev ation ▁of ▁+ 1 3 ° , ▁but ▁this ▁was ▁later ▁increased ▁to ▁+ 2 0 ° . ▁This ▁gave ▁them ▁a ▁range ▁of ▁