In his article The development of the capital ship (p. 129 and further) predicted Maurice Prendergast the future demands for battleships. What he could not foresee was the arms race, the First World War followed by the Treaties for the Limitations of Naval Armaments in the 1920s and 1930 limiting the number of capital ships and their maximum displacement (35,000 tons) and cali
Prediction 1930. Normal displacement 38,600 tons. Dimensions 965 x 160 x 29.5 feet. Horsepower with steam propulsion 160,000 (normal)-370,000 (extreme) ihp. Speed with steam propulsion 30.0 knots. Speed gas driven 37.0 knots. May be gas engined. Armament 20-30.48cm/12”B 50 cal guns.
The last newly built British battleship class was the Nelson-class derived from theN3-class was laid down in 1922, displacement 33,800 (standard)-38,390 (full load) tons, dimensions 709.10 x 106 x 30.4 feet, horsepower45,000 shp,23.0 knots speed, armament 3x3-40.6cm/16” guns. The follow up-class (King George V) was laid down in 1937, displacement 37,316-40.642 (standard) tons, dimensions 700.1-745.1 x 103 2½ x 33 7½feet, horsepower 110,000 shp, 28 knots speed with steam turbine sets, armament 2x4&1x2-35.6cm/14” guns.
The last newly built Japanese class was the Tosa-class laid down in 1920, displacement 39,900 (normal)-44,200 (full load) tons, dimensions 768 x 100.1 x 30.10 feet, horsepower 91,000 shp, 26.5 knots speed, armament 5x2-41cm/16.1” guns. To be succeeded by the Kii-class displacement 42,600 tons, 29.75 knots speed, armament 5x2-41cm/16.1” guns and the Number 13 class displacement 47,500 tons, 30 knots speed, armament 4x2-45.7cm/18” guns were never completed. Finally succeeded by the Yamato-class laid down 1937-1940, displacement 62,135 tons, horsepower 150,000 shp, 27 knots speed, armament 3x3-46cm/18.1 guns.
American South Dakota-class laid down 1920, all building cancelled and broken up in 1923, displacement 43,900 (normal)-47,800 (full load) tons, dimensions 660-684 x 106 x 33 feet, horsepower 60,000 shp, 23 knots speed, armament 4x3-40.6cm/16” guns. The next American class was the in 1937-1941 built North Carolina-class, displacement 37,200 (standard)-45,500 (full load) tons, dimensions 728. 8.625 x 107. 3.875 x 35.6 feet, horsepower 121,000 ship, 28 knots speed, armament 3x3-40.6cm/16” guns.
German Bayern-class design proces started in 1910, laid down 1913-15, displacement 28,530 (normal)-32,200 (full load) tons, dimensions 588.7-590.7 x 98.5 x 9.39 feet, horsepower 35,000 shp, 21 knots speed, armament 4x2-38cm/15” guns. Her successor the L20e a-class was to be built in 1918 but never realized, displacement 43,800 (normal)-48,700 (full load) tons, dimensions 781 x 110 x 29.6-32.6 feet, horsepower 100,000 shp, 26 knots speed, armament 8-42cm/16.5” guns. The Scharnhorst-class laid down in 1935 was to be the first class built since the Bayern-class, displacement 32,600 (normal)-38,700 (full load) tons, dimensions 741-771 x 98 x 31.8 feet, horsepower 151,893 hp, 31 knots speed, armament 3x3-28cm/11” guns.
French Lyon-class was cancelled in 1914, displacement 29,600 tons, dimensions 623,4-638.1 x 95.2 x 28.5-30.2 feet, horsepower 40,000 hp, 21 knots speed, armament 4x4-34cm/13.4” guns. The Dunkerque-class laid down 1932-1934 was the first class to be built since the Normandie-class. Displacement 26,500 (standard)-35,500 (deep load) tons, dimensions 704 x 102 x 29 feet, horsepower 107500 shp, 29.5 knots speed, armament 8-3cm/13” guns.
Italian Francesco Caraccioli-class laid down in 1914-1915 never completed, displacement 34,000 (full load) tons, dimensions 696 x 97.1 x 31.2 feet, horsepower 105,000 shp, 28 knots speed, armament 4x2-38.1cm/15” guns. The Littorio-class laid down in 1934 and 1938 was the first class to be completed since the Andrea Doria-class, displacement 40,724 (standard)-45,236 (full load) tons, dimensions 780.1 x 107.8 x 31.6 feet, horsepower 128,200 shp, 30 knots speed, armament 3x3-38.1cm/15” guns.
Source
Alan H. Burgoyne. The Navy League Annual 1908-1909.
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