The Italian reference design is assembled from its defining characteristics: twelve 12-inch guns in triple turrets, roughly 22 knots, 4.7-inch secondary guns, torpedoes, and a substantial armour scheme. The reconstruction also preserves the long 46-calibre main guns and 50-calibre secondary weapons as closely as the available game components allow. Game constraints require compromises, especially when balancing the hull, but the exercise identifies the features a British answer would have to surpass. Triple turrets and high speed define the new type rather than serving as optional details.
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Reconstructing Dante Alighieri's design
A game reconstruction lays out Dante Alighieri's triple 12-inch turrets, 22-knot speed, secondary battery, torpedoes, and armour.