SKIT ON THE DREADNOUGHT.

Cromwell Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2008, 1 October 1906, Page 7

SKIT ON THE DREADNOUGHT.

The Munich correspondent of the 'London "Daily Mail" quotes the following skit on the dimensions of the great British battleship Dreadnought from the "Neueste Nachrickrichten" : "The German naval authorities have been confounded by the launch of the British 500 ft. warship Dreadnought. But now comes the news of the launch of the Greatmouth, which is j to be built in six weeks. The Great- j mouth's length is immeasurable by j the English s.v,stem. Whole commandoes of Dreadnoughts can be hung about her anchor chains. She is so j long that the time varies at the bow | and stern. A butt of champagne was used to christen her—there is no bottle large enough. Cavalry are trained on board. The whole Ger- j man fleet could be hidden away in her caboose. The King, when he went on board, wore out four top- j hats and frock coats, which had to j be discarded owing to change of fashion during his tremendous jour- i ney over her. A "middy" who goes | from the deck to the bridge is a pen- j sioned admiral by the time he has j claimed there. But her size is no- I thing to her power. No gun or tor- j pedo can hurt her, and she can blow | away fortresses. Her turbines are worked by the Gulf Stream. But j Germany is going to build a battleship which will take six Great- , mouths as lifeboats." j