An item reported that an anonymous (1) Italian designer was prepariring his idea for a destroyer of battleship size or as it was called a torpedo battleship. Length nearly 500 feet, displacement 15,250 tons and estimated speed of 24 knots. Her armament consisted of 20-4.7” quick firing anti torpedo boat guns and 30 submerged torpedo tubes (15 in a broadside) for the improved 18” Whitehead torpedo. Using the gun torpedo would increae her power even mor. A Krupp 12” thick armour belt reached from well below the waterline to ten feet straight up and protective decks were to protect the hull above water allowing her to near the enemy within hitting distance. Sufficient protection against torpedo attacks was still to be investigated.
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1. The name of the designer was not given but the famous Italian naval engineer V.E. Cuniberti published in 1913 an article about such a ship. Lorenzo d’Adda is also a possibility.
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