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I stumbled upon the Wikipedia article for the Spanish Infanta Maria Teresa class armored cruisers. Originally, it had been intended to build them as follow on Pelayo class battleships, but a need for armored cruisers in a crisis with Germany resulted in cruisers being built.
Has anyone considered a threat where Spain has four battleships in 1898, instead of one? The Spanish American war gets more interesting...
I have too much on my plate to work on that option, but if someone finds it interesting, run with it