An item reported that a new type of battleship was considered as a follow-up of the traditional dreadnought type. It was a semi-submarine or submersible battleship which was to solve of the lacking sufficient protection of dreadnoughts amidships against big gun fire. The decks of the new type were almost on a level with the surface. So the dreadnought of the future was oil-fuelled al most submerged needing a thick armour deck above water against gunfire and armour under water against torpedo attacks. Her armament was to consist of big guns mounted on deck and submerged torpedo tubes. Large profit was that a semi-submerged ship made just a small target for gunfire. Water ballast tanks made rising out or submerging in the water possible.
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