The battleship Conqueror, on her eight hours' tfull-power trial, achieved the record speed of 23.25 'knots, beating ifche Vanguard, previous best, 22.1 knots. The battleship subsequently left for Portsmouth, from -wWch port her 21in. torpedo ami 13.5 in. gim trials were to be conducted. The Conqueror, on being commissioned, win join the Second Battle Squadron, in iwhioh two ' or three of her class —the Orion and i Monarch—are already serving. I
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 215, 7 September 1912, Page 17
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