An item reported the launching at the shipyard of Messrs. Vickers Limited, Barrow-in-Furness, England of the armoured Japanese cruiser Kongo on 18th May. The armament consisted of 8-35,56cm guns, 16-15,2cm guns and 16-7,5cm quick firing guns. The choice for the calibre of the main armament was a result of tests with 30,5cm, 34,5cm and 35,56cm guns. Before was even considered a larger calibre. The 15,2cm guns were placed in casemates. On each gun turret were two 16-7,5cm guns placed.(1)
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1. Of the Kongo-class consisting of the Kongo, Haruna, Hiei and Kirishima. Laid down at Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom on 17 January 1911, launched on 18 May 1912, completed on 16 August 1913, In 1924, 1927-1928 modernized and reconstructed September 1929-31 March 1931 reconstructed into a battleship, after modernizing 1 June 1935-8 January 1937 was she a classified as a fast battleship and torpedoed and sunk by the American submarine USS Sealion around 55 nautical miles north west of Keelung after entering Formosa Strait 1 day earlier on 21 November 1944. Designed by the British naval engineer George Thurston.
