User blog comment:FlammeumDraco333/Tales From the Not so Blocky Seas/@comment-25373667-20150707013440/@comment-10905876-20150707025325

Yes the range is an issue, but it's on the Revenge class where it starts to get painful. Try being outranged by every enemy battleship, and having your heavy armor pierced and you ship sunk before you can even fire back. Later models of the 15" have better range, but are heavier, so you'll have to sacrifice armor. The armor can be pretty thin, but I've got an 11" belt with an 8" deck by settling for 27 knots, though I may up the speed.