Some in the British navy were ready to adopt superfiring guns in 1905

You wouldn't realize that there were progressive influences in the British navy in the period from 1905-1914, but they were there. For example, Admiral Fisher wanted to be a progressive, although he often didn't actually know what would be the best thing to do. He was someone who "could make things happen", and he would embrace anything which held some promise to be an improvement. He like big guns ("Hit first, hit hard, and keep hitting"), many of them, and speed ("Speed is armour"). He accepted the need to fit adequate armor ("Armour is vision"). His armored cruiser design still had a mixed caliber armament. It was Captain Bacon who suggested that the new fast armored cruiser carry 12in guns. At one point, Fisher was in favor of a 12-12in gun armament with two levels of superfiring guns, all on the centerline. That was quashed due to the size limitations imposed.