GERMANY'S LATEST
Innovation In Naval VIRTUALLY UNSINKABLE SHIP.
LONDON, March 29. The "Daily Telegraph's" naval correspondent says that the design of Germany's 10,000-ton ship represents an innovation in naval construction. The steel is of the highest quality, electric welding has been adopted instead of rivets, thus combining great strength with extraordinary lightness. The Diesel engines have astonishing power, but the radius is limited as the type is designed for Baltic and North Sea waters.
The hull is so subdivided as to be virtually unsinkable. The ship's superstructure has been reduced to a minimum. The ship, says the correspondent, is really a sea-going motor-driven monitor, able to navigate waters that are inaccessible to ordinary battleships, and yet able to engage a dreadnought with a good prospect of success.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 76, 30 March 1928, Page 7
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