The Germans also had the weather gauge, meaning that the British ships were steaming into the wind, spray drenching the lenses of "Prince of Wales" "A" turret's Barr and Stroud coincidence rangefinder and both British ships' "B" turret rangefinders. The shorter based () ones in the director towers had to be used instead. Holland had "Prince of Wales" stay close to "Hood", conforming to "Hood"s movements instead of varying course and speed, which made it easier for the Germans to find the range to both British ships. It would have aided Holland's gunners if they had both fired upon "Bismarck" as originally planned, since they could time precisely each other's salvos to avoid mistaking one ship's fire for the other. The British could also use "Concentration Fire", where both ships' main armament salvos would be controlled by one ship's fire control computer—probably "Prince of Wales" modern Admiralty Fire Control Table.