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Sunday, 27 December 2015

New Spanish dreadnoughts to be armed with 38,1cm guns according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1913-1914 no. 8

The España built 1909-1913

An item referred to the magazine Schiffbau no. 4 which just like other magazines reported that according to rumours the new Spanish dreadnoughts had a displacement of 21.000 ton and an armament of 8-38,1 cm guns. According to the German magazine implicated this combination of armament-displacement was just possible if an extreme large part of the armour was offered.