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Originally Posted by Marcello
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Originally Posted by Richard_H
Footnote to Class 10 is that I rather think (and it's only a think without my reference books) that 320mm is a spurious calibre for the Spanish Navy. Their last battleships de-commissioned in 1937.
Richard H
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IIRC they kept some heavy caliber guns in coastal batteries for quite a long time after that. |
"De-commissioned" is maybe not a proper term for Spanish battleships, since they both sunk in 1937, on both sides of the civil war ;-) Moreover, they had 305 mm guns, not 320 mm.
I don't know how about coastal batteries, but I think, that they are rather not relevant to land combat, especially that they usually point at sea only.
Michal