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At the moment I'm suffering from a severe attack of real-life, so my news articles will be short and sweet if at all.

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January 1925





Iberian inventor, Don Juan de la Cierva, after demostrating his new fangled C.3 autogyro over 2 years ago in Iberia has worked on an improved design, the C.4 which was first flown in 1923. This month with his latest design, the C.6, he flew off a temporary platform mounted forward on RM Giuseppe Miraglia lifting off after only 20-30m. He refuses to try and land before he has removed all the bugs from the craft.

January
5 new light cruisers were laid down this quarter. The 4 of the Condotteri I class mount 8x60"/50 guns, considerable armour, and will be capable of over 34knts. The remaining ship, Francesco Ferrucio , will probably mount imported Iberian 6"/60 guns, provided there are no problems. She is very similar to the Veinticinco de Mayo Class ships which were laid down this quarter for Argentina.

I am having this mental image of Senor the Cuerva flying and busily working on his aircraft before he dares to land it ;-)

And cruisers with 60" guns? wow!

The Philippines is keenly interested in Senor de la Cierva's autogyros and is watching the tests intently...

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And cruisers with 60" guns? wow!

He did say that Italian ships were fast and heavily armed.

We'd better call in the Japanese inspectors to see if it's compliant with the treaty...

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And cruisers with 60" guns? wow!

6"/60

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We'd better call in the Japanese inspectors to see if it's compliant with the treaty...

I'll ask Walter for a date in 1926.

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The Philippines is keenly interested in Senor de la Cierva's autogyros and is watching the tests intently...

They aren't anywhere near as good as real aircraft;

-no VTOL
-lack of range
-lack of ability to carry loads(<150lb)
-reliability

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We'd better call in the Japanese inspectors to see if it's compliant with the treaty...

Weapons Inspector: "Hmmm... Does seem rather big but my measuring device tells me that the muzzle diameter is 6 cm.... so it's a CT legal gun."
(Should be noted that the inspector is about 150cm)

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She is very similar to the Veinticinco de Mayo Class ships which were laid down this quarter for Argentina.

Hmm.

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If the construction of any vessel of war for a non-Contracting Power is undertaken within the jurisdiction of any of the Contracting Powers, such Power shall promptly inform the other Contracting Powers of the date of the signing of the contract and the date on which the keel of the ship is laid; and shall also communicate to them the particulars relating to the ship

Hmmm...

(I presume this also means Nordmark didn't achieve there stated goal, which IIRC was along the lines of making sure the Argies never had a navy again?)

Maybe they split Argentina up between the local powers (Nordmark, South Africa, Chile, and Brazil) In which case, the Brazilians are building it.

Date of signing of contract 01/01/1925, ship laid down 01/04/1925.

Stats are here

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(I presume this also means Nordmark didn't achieve there stated goal, which IIRC was along the lines of making sure the Argies never had a navy again?)

Italy wasn't on best diplomatic terms with Nordmark.

Nice-looking ships.