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Saturday, 31 July 2021

Reorganization of and newbuilding for the Portugese navy according to the magazine Mitteilungen aus dem Gebiete des Seewesens dated 1911 No. 3

An item reported that a commission appointed by the Portuguese cabinet adviced to reorganize the navy including the building of 3 battleships with a displacement of circa 19.000 tons, a speed of 21 knots and an armament of 30,5cm/12”guns, Furthermore were to be built 3-3.000 tons displacement cruisers with a speed of 22 knots and 12-890 tons destroyers with a speed of 30 knots. The program was to be realized in a series of years with a maximum budget of 204 million francs.

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