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Tuesday, 4 June 2013

Austrian navy building new battleships according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1912-1913 no. 8

An item reported that the three battleships for which building that year the Austrian navy asked a budget were to be armed with 10-34cm L/45 guns. In the original design they would have 5x2 turrets on the centerline. In the meantime was on board of the US Nevada-class chosen for four turrets namely 2x3 and 2x2 turrets.