An item reported that the new battleship to be built according to the plans of minister Bettólo would have a displacement of 8.000 tons. In the basis of Froude was a model tested which predicted a larger speed hen 22 knots. The armament was to consist of 20cm and 7,6 cm guns while 15cm guns were not be used.(1)
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1. Admiral Giovanni Bettólo (25 May 1846 Genoa, Italy-14 April 1916 Rome, Italy), chief naval staff 1907-1911 and minister of navy between 1899-1900, 1903 and 1909-1910.
