Chapter 76: Strategic Choices

The armies of the United Kingdom were competing for military funding, and Shinra was no exception. Outsiders didn't know the parameters of the "Rome," but the upper echelons of the Vienna Government did!

Displacement: 20,100 tons

Length: 169.6m

Width: 26.3 meters

Draught: 8.7m

Cruising speed: 20.5 knots

Endurance: 10 knots/hour, 6,500 nautical miles

Main engines: 2 sets of transmission-type steam turbines/4 shafts

Main boilers: 18 mixed-firing water boilers

Power: 23,000 horsepower

Armament: Six twin-mounted 305mm 45-caliber guns (one front, one rear, two on each beam, forming a hexagon), sixteen single-mounted 120mm 45-caliber guns, two 450mm underwater torpedo tubes

Armor: Side armor 255mm, deck 76mm, gun positions 230mm, front of gun turrets 280mm, command tower 280mm

Crew: 863 people

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Compared to the traditional battleships, the firepower of "Rome" was much stronger. In the age of the big gun battleships, strong firepower equated to strong combat power.