NEW BRITISH BATTLESHIP
SECRET TRIALS BY H.M.S. VANGUARD
SPECIAL ANTI-AIRCRAFT EQUIPMENT (Special Corrfespdhdeht
(Rec. 11 p.m.) LONDON, July 18. HM.S. Vanguard, Britain’s latest battleship, which has been carrying out high altitude anti-aircraft gunnery tests with her “hush-hush” equipment, will enter the graving dock at Devonport this week to uridergo final gun tilt tests and adjustments. It is reported that the ship has come through, the trials with complete success. Results of the gunnery tests, which were watched by 60 scientists and special technicians, will require weeks of analysis. The battleship’s secret equipment includes special aircraft detection and radar-controlled gunnery devices perfected since the war. Her total number of guns remains a secret, but is stated to be not less than 100, the smallest being 40 millimetre Bofors.
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Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24932, 20 July 1946, Page 7
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