Old Battleship Articles

[Chris707]

I've posted a couple of early 20th century battleship articles at:

http://www.dataviewbooks.com/naval.html

the first (1907) deals with the Japanese Satsuma which would have beaten Dreadnought as the first all-big gun ship had she been finished to the original design - there is a photo of the ship's launching.

The second is a 1918-vintaqe cross-section plan for a US 12-inch turret - there was no data on any specific class.


Chris

[Joe C-P]

Thanks for those!

The original article proposing a single-caliber battleship was in Jane's in 1903 by an Italian Admiral Cuniberti. The concept was a natural evolution as secondary batteries grew ever closer in size to the main guns.

The USN's South Dakota and Michigan could have preceded Dreadnought as well.

[Chris707]

>The original article proposing a single-caliber battleship was in Jane's in 1903 by an Italian Admiral Cuniberti.

I did not know that! That bears some further research, thanks!