Italian naval engineer Cuniberti designing submarine dreadnought around 1913

An item reported the death of the Italian general Cunberti (1), which famous naval architect deserves all credits for initiating the dreadnought idea. At the time of his depth he seemed to be working on the design of a submarine dreadnought in which the big guns were replaced by torpedo tubes.

Note

1. The naval engineer Vittorio Emanuele Cuniberti (1854 Turin, Italy-20 December 1913 Rome, Italy), known for his 1903 vision of the all big gun battleship, first realized as the British HMS Dreadnought. Probably is this design the same he made for a torpedo battleship,

Source

Journal of the United States Artillery. Volume 41, 194.