It was basically a race ship with guns.Tashkent looks like a power station fitted with a bow and a stern
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Still didn't get the speed record for destroyer/cruiser vessel. Le Terible was even faster doing over 45knots at its trials despite having "only 74.000 HP rather than 110.000.
Sometimes in the 30s it seemed the Italian and French navies had been taken over by racing enthusiasts.