NAVAL NEWS.
LAUNCH OF THE LORD NELSON
United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received September sth, 9.21 p.m.) LONDON, September 5. The battleship Lord Nelson has been launched at Jarrow. [The Lord Nelson, and tho Agamemnon (which was launched a few months ago) will bo the most powerful battleships in the world after the Dreadnought. They a.ro 10,500 tons, are very heavily ar 71011 red, and each carries an armament of four 12-inch, ten 9.2-indi and 37 smaller guns. The Dreadnought's heavy armament consists of ten 12-inch guns.]
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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12591, 6 September 1906, Page 7
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