Number 13-class battleship Number 13-class battleship The "Number 13"-class battleship was a planned class of four fast battleships to be built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the 1920s. The ships never received any names, being known only as "Numbers 13–16". They were intended to reinforce Japan's "eight-eight fleet" of eight battleships and eight battlecruisers after the United States announced a major naval construction program in 1919. The "Number 13" class was designed to be superior to all other existing battleships, planned or building. After the signing of the Washington Naval Treaty in 1922, they were cancelled in November 1923 before construction
Number 13 (film) him about life in the early twenties, and his first films. On one occasion, he said that it was a "somewhat chastening experience". As with Hitchcock's later lost film "The Mountain Eagle", footage from "Number 13" has become widely sought after by film historians and collectors without success. "Number 13" was written by Anita Ross, a woman employed at the Islington studio. She claimed to have a professional association with Charlie Chaplin, according to Hitchcock, in his book-length interview with François Truffaut, "Hitchcock/Truffaut" (Simon and Schuster, 1967). Clare Greet was obliged to finance the production with her own money; before