In his article The development of the capital ship (p. 129 and further) predicted Maurice Prendergast the future demands for battleships. What he could not foresee was the arms race, the First World War followed by the Treaties for the Limitations of Naval Armaments in the 1920s and 1930 limiting the number of capital ships and their maximum displacement (35,000 tons) and calibre (40.6cm/16”).
Prediction 1915. Normal displacement 23,200 tons. Dimensions 536 x 87 x 28.5 feet. Horsepower with steam propulsion 31,000 (normal)-48,000 (extreme) ihp. Speed with steam propulsion 21.5 knots. Armament 10-13.5” B 50 cal.
British Revenge-class laid down 1913-1916, displacement 28,450 tons, horsepower 40,000 shp, 21+ knots design speed, armament 4x2-38.1cm/15” guns.
Japanese Ise-class laid down in 1915, normal displacement 31,760 tons, dimensions 683 x94 x 29.4 feet, horsepower 40,000-45,000 shp,23 knots speed, armament 6x2-36.6cm/14” guns.
American New Mexico-class laid down in 1915, displacement 32,514 (normal)-33,530 (full load) tons, dimensions 624 x 97.5 x 30 feet, horsepower 32,000 shp, 21 knots speed, armament 12x-35,6cm/14” guns.
German Bayern-class design proces started in 1910, laid down 1913-15, displacement 28,530 (normal)-32,200 (full load) tons, dimensions 588.7-590.7 x 98.5 x 9.39 feet, horsepower 35,000 shp, 21 knots speed, armament 4x2-38cm/15” guns.
French Lyon-class was cancelled in 1914, displacement 29,600 tons, dimensions 623,4-638.1 x 95.2 x 28.5-30.2 feet, horsepower 40,000 hp, 21 knots speed, armament 4x4-34cm/13.4” guns.
Italian Francesco Caraccioli-class laid down in 1914-1915 never completed, displacement 34,000 (full load) tons, dimensions 696 x 97.1 x 31.2 feet, horsepower 105,000 shp, 28 knots speed, armament 4x2-38.1cm/15” guns.
Source
Alan H. Burgoyne. The Navy League Annual 1908-1909.
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