The firing arcs were too constrictive and firing the guns across the ship tended to cause damage from the blast. It was quickly done away with on battleships as it was not effective. There's the odd 'saddle' type designs for battleships and the Atlanta class cruisers as well where you have turrets on the beam. The Japanese cruiser Tone had 4 turrets forward but she was made to be a hybrid and had to have her whole battery forward to be useful. Worchester, Atlanta, Helena and their classes. Several Japanese cruisers had 3 turrets forward. In these case's it wasn't weight saving that was the factor. There's a number of cruisers with 3 or more turrets forward but only one that I can think ofe had her entire battery forward. Nelson did quickly put her out of action during the last engagement. (Her mission was not to engage enemy capital ships). Some histories believe Nelson would have defeated Bismarck in a 1v1 had Bismarck not had the speed to run away which she assuredly would have. Because of that, Nelson and her sister Rodney were among the best all around battleships of their era. Nelson was built that way because weight was a great concern and that shortened the heavy belt of citadel armor. The only real reason you'd have your entire battery concentrated like that is for weight requirements. As christof noted above, for battleships there's Nelson and Izumo as well as Lenin. There's a number of ships with 3 turrets forward.
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