NAVAL CONSTRUCTION.
. ■ "— , -.-- : :•-.■•.■-■ .' FAST BAmESHIPS. .-, ■ < : TURBINES AND '21 KNOTS; SPEED. BY., TELEGRAPH—rhEES ■'ASSOCIATION— COI'TItIGHT: ■•• '' ' """'' Londcn, October 31. ; The Admiralty has invited private tenders for a battleship, nlsn for tho propelling machinery of : two battleships, tho building of which will shortly bo. begun at Portsmouth and Devonport. They will bo' cnginecl with turbines, with a speed of. 21 knots. . In connection with the cnblo messago in regard to the now Dreadnought sent on September 17, it is now, stated that tho 13.5 in.'guns mentionoa therein are destined for two Brazilian 21,000-ton battleships, .wiiich ttro in course of construction at the Ebwick ond'Barrbwynrds. ' The statement which is now corrected ivas made, on tho ; authority oF the "Express." The biR giin which, tho British Navy has so far used is the 12-inch.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 33, 2 November 1907, Page 5
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128NAVAL CONSTRUCTION. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 33, 2 November 1907, Page 5
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