KAISER AND THE NAVY.
GERMAN DREADNOUGHT. i
EXTREME SECRECY OBSERVED. . DY TELEGHArH—PRESS ASSOCIATION— COPYRIGHT. Berlin, March 8. V Tho Kaiser was present at the launching of Germany's Dreadnought, which' was 'Christened Hassan. • Extromo . secrecy.'was observed, and no ' forojgn attachce of. wore. prosent' at-tho. launching. : One of tho advantages, claimed for tho new Gorman naval 1 armament is ii new 'Krupp gun, • which j it'is claimed, is infinitely superior to tho British centimetre gun. High speed is a feature of tho. nevr Gorman ships, as is instanced in the caso of tlio battleship Fommeru, while' ' tho largo .'cruiser Sclinrnhorst; which was' designed to develop s , speed, of, 22.5, knots at 26,000 h.-p., •accomplished 21 knots at 28,000 h.-p;'on ; her'trials., ' '•
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 142, 10 March 1908, Page 7
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