Here is an italian armored cruiser of the Pisa class, converted for aerial service.
This ship was laid down in 1906 and launched in 1912 -slow construction being typical of the Italian yards of the time. It took the Italian navy less time than others to adapt to the use of the cavorite (gravity-bending metal alloy, read the entry on the German Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm pre-dreadnought below). Indeed, the Italian navy was among the most innovative of the day: they were the first to design a ship with triple-gun turrets, complete wireless communications and later electrical controlled rocket impulse propulsion.
The Pisa class, despite its elegant lines, was soon rendered obsolete by the advent of the British Dreadnought: it was not fast enough to escape nor armored enough to prevail against battle-cruisers or battleships. It was relegated to colonial service and space-commerce raiding, for which it was quite suited. Nevertheless, its bow contra-rotating propellers forbade the inclusion of most of the axial-firing weapons used in space (more on this in a later post).
Below it is compared with the Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm.
This ship was laid down in 1906 and launched in 1912 -slow construction being typical of the Italian yards of the time. It took the Italian navy less time than others to adapt to the use of the cavorite (gravity-bending metal alloy, read the entry on the German Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm pre-dreadnought below). Indeed, the Italian navy was among the most innovative of the day: they were the first to design a ship with triple-gun turrets, complete wireless communications and later electrical controlled rocket impulse propulsion.
The Pisa class, despite its elegant lines, was soon rendered obsolete by the advent of the British Dreadnought: it was not fast enough to escape nor armored enough to prevail against battle-cruisers or battleships. It was relegated to colonial service and space-commerce raiding, for which it was quite suited. Nevertheless, its bow contra-rotating propellers forbade the inclusion of most of the axial-firing weapons used in space (more on this in a later post).
Below it is compared with the Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm.
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