BATTLESHIP OF THE AIR
® I HEAVILY ARMED FLYINGBOAT NEW BRITISH TYPE (Received October 10, 11.21 p.m.) LONDON, October 10. j A startling glimpse of the possibilities of future air warfare is pro- ' vided by the launching of the first! |of four Perth flying-boats ordered by the Air Ministry. She is armed with a quick-firing j gun in the bow capable of discharg- j ing shells weighing one pound and a half at the rale of 100 a minute. She carries also three machine-guns and a 20001b load of bombs. ; The boat weighs about 15 tons and i has three Rolls-Royce Buzzard en- j gines, each of 825 to J)3O horse- j power. Her maximum speed will be 132 miles an hour, and her normal range 870 sea miles. j It seems incredible that the structure could stand the recoil of the bow gun, but this is effectively absorbed.
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Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20983, 11 October 1933, Page 9
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