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To: abb

If anything, a bit more modern looking than the leftovers from World War I. About the size of a modern destroyer, with an unusual gun arrangement. 3 doubles and one single gun turrets for it’s main batteries (150mm, appx 6 inches).


18 posted on 02/26/2012 2:58:57 PM PST by PAR35
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To: PAR35

http://www.netherlandsnavy.nl/Photo_ruyter.htm

photos, including the wreck


19 posted on 02/26/2012 3:05:17 PM PST by abb ("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
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