Unknown General Ferrati Quintuple/Quadruple Proposal
Posted: March 10th, 2022, 6:00 pm
Presenting to you one of the, if not the, weirdest Italian ship proposal I have ever seen: the unknown proposal by General Ferrati, known for the "F" and "G" proposals. Unlike "F" and "G," this one is not even close to being conventional. This ship sports two main turrets, which have been said to mount 5 12" guns in a strange arrangement - three would be mounted at the bottom, while two would be up top. It has also been said that it would have been a more "reasonable" mount of only 4 guns, which can be seen here:
I did my best to model my drawing to the only image of the proposal on the internet, which is this terribly scanned page from an unknown book:
The armament of the ship is:
2 x Quad or quintuple mount 12" gun turrets
4 x Triple mount 4.7" guns
6 x Single mount 76mm deck guns
Her engine power and speed are unknown, same with her armour belts. I would assume this would have similar armour to a contemporary Italian BB of the time, but it may have been chosen as a battlecruiser and given better speed. We may never know!
Nevertheless, here is my interpretation (thanks to the Lord of Italian Ships, Karle94, for suggestions during the process!):
I did my best to model my drawing to the only image of the proposal on the internet, which is this terribly scanned page from an unknown book:
The armament of the ship is:
2 x Quad or quintuple mount 12" gun turrets
4 x Triple mount 4.7" guns
6 x Single mount 76mm deck guns
Her engine power and speed are unknown, same with her armour belts. I would assume this would have similar armour to a contemporary Italian BB of the time, but it may have been chosen as a battlecruiser and given better speed. We may never know!
Nevertheless, here is my interpretation (thanks to the Lord of Italian Ships, Karle94, for suggestions during the process!):
