RECORD. BRITISH CRUISER.
FASTEST IN THEivoRLD! ;j -..-:Preparations;arolnow being' ; made it Devon-' port for .the"laying, down of a.: new ; laree armoured .cruiser,", which- risv .'."one: of • the ff ao,;naval ; programme for, afc-present' yew.' Hfkeel will.be.laid early in."February, but" before-that much preliminary -work, must; be carried'out. '.:.:■ ..;.,-';'.. v .';.-.-.,' \ :;{;:,.■■ . ' ® nGW V v «ssel>iU : be an .improved indoni--1 .'table,; and,,wi]. be T known, as the- Indefatigable. . She wil be, at" orice, the 1 longest and fastest .large ship, in; the-British Navy, "arid f<S b "i ly; 17 k'^ ho - w «rW.... According : to . the 'Western Morning; News," . : hcr, details compare, as follow, with, those of the Indomitable: :.'•;.:■'.;•;.■ I •;;. ; Indomitable. Indefatigable. ./Eangft ■;*.„■ •. ; '...>530ft.. ~, 570 ft. " ;■; Beam; : v; ;:,, ■■ ■■..;.. 78Jft.v■; y 79 or 80ft;■" .Displacement. /~. ,17,250 tons'. 18,000 tons ■Horse-power .-.,... 41,000 ,-■/ 45 000 - :;;.Speed.\(nommal).,-- j.28 knots-.ltys-understood that her "armament will bejtne'sameVas.tbe, Iridomitable's : —eight 12in.iguns, all of ; which' can fire ■ 'on either broadside, .and:;sixteen .4in. guns. : The' actual-speed williprobably.approach 30 knots.' ■ The largest-cruiser! at present:, building 'abroad'iis,the-German "E'V.'df" 18,700 tons • and, .45,000 v horse-power,,. armed 'with .twelve■:llin';;guh3.- V
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 413, 23 January 1909, Page 14
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170RECORD. BRITISH CRUISER. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 413, 23 January 1909, Page 14
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