Design ‘G’ of a battleship by Italian general naval engineer Ferrati dated 1915

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Edgardo Ferrati (Turin, Italy 26 August 1862-Rome, Italy 18 December 1919) was in charge for the never completed Francesco Caracciolo-class battleships (8-38.1cm/15” guns). In 1899 director off naval construction at Castellammare and built the battleships Benedetto Brin, Vittorio Emanuele and Naples. Promoted in 1913 to the rank of lieutenant general and president of the committee for ship projects.Stationed in 1915 at La Spezia Arsenal. His design was to be an Italian answer on the French designs of the never realized Normandie (12-34cm guns) and Lyon (16-34cm guns)-classes and other battleship designs. Displacement tons 33,200 tons and length 220 metres. Armament 4x4-38.1cm cal 24 guns and 24x1-10.2cm cal 50 guns. p to her bow and the first rudder.

Sources

Bollettino d’Archivio, Dic. 1988, A Rastrelli.

Italian Navy Historic Office

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