However, Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, along with the Construction Department, argued that increasing the number of guns from 8 to 10 would be preferable instead of increasing the size of the previous battery.
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Room 40 began decrypting German signals, and on 14 December, intercepted messages relating to the plan to bombard Scarborough.
SMS | Helmuth von Moltke the Elder | SMS Viribus Unitis | SMS Novara (1850) | SMS Goeben | SMS Derfflinger | SMS/800 | Harald Moltke | SMS ''Viribus Unitis'' | SMS ''Seydlitz'' | SMS Seydlitz | SMS Seeadler (auxiliary cruiser) | SMS Scharnhorst | SMS ''Novara | SMS Novara | SMS language | SMS ''Derfflinger'' | Moltke | Helmuth von Moltke | Adam Gottlob Moltke | SMS Zenta | SMS ''Vineta'' | SMS ''V29'' | SMS Szent István | SMS ''Seeadler'' | SMS ''Scharnhorst'' (1907) | SMS ''Möwe'' | SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm | SMS ''Kronprinz'' | SMS ''Konigsberg'' |