L 20e α-class battleship

L 20e α was a design for a class of battleships to be built in 1918 for the German Kaiserliche Marine during World War I. The ships would have been significantly larger than the preceding Bayern-class battleships, at 238 m long, compared to 180 m for the preceding ships. They would have had a top speed of 26 knots compared to the 21-knot maximum...