Battleship of the future-design by Italian naval engineer Vittorio Emilio Cuniberti in 1912

1903 design. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

HMS Dreadnought. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

1912 design. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Displacement 29,700 tons, main armament 10-35.6cm guns (2x2&2x3 fore and aft) and on the main deck 14-15xm guns. The vital parts are protected by 40.6cm armour. Cruising speed 25 knots.

Note

1. Vittorio Emilio Cuniberti (7 June 1854 Turin, Italy-19 December 1913 Rome, Italy) published in the 1903 edition of Jane’s Fighting Ships a design of all big-gunned battleship which can be considered as a predecessor of the British HMS Dreadnought.