Quote Originally Posted by Bligh View Post
Would you say then that the veer 2 was a better match for the Santisima DB?
Rob.
I personally think so, but IIRC there were concerns about being too harsh. My gut impression is that ST was more for propaganda effect than practical, much like the Kalinin K-7 of the 1930s.

Spain: "We have the most heavily armed warship in the world! Look upon it, and tremble in despair!"
Also Spain: *outfits said ship with an entire deck of weaponry so useless that having the crew drop trou and fling their own POOP out the gunports would have more terminal effect*