BATTLESHIP-CRUISERS.
.: ! " ..A FURTHER; IMPROVEMENT.* ' t (By Telegraph.—Press ABsocidtion.—Copyright.) ■ ''■;-.''-' : :■■'■'■ ■■■■'. London, October .'.13.:.' : ; A new, baUleship-pruiser (one- of. the second pair of Dreadnoughts on the" 1909-10 Estimates) iirill be commenced at Devohport in November. .- Engines will be : : installed to ; yield 70,000 liorse-pqwflr.-'ahd.a'sjeed of 30.fcndts.an .hour is , expected.' '■'..■■■ ■'. .■ '• ,;■',. '..'. ; • The/hon; crniser-battleship will' be armcd ; With 13.5-inch : guns, whicharehow-undef;con- , structiori by several firms.: ■■ ' ; - : '-' [ '■■'■ ■■'■ '■
,: [Tho ' battleship-cruiser , . Inviriciblo, with ,41,000 h.p,:nhd a contract speed of 25 knots, has steamed. 28 knots: *■ TheO battleship-cruiser Indofatigable, - now building, is : under contract: to do 28 i knots, and will have cngihos equal to. 45,000 h.p. The now cruiser-battle-ship, with a contract speed of 30 knots, will, if the . Invincible precedent is accepted, reastill higher speed.- Still, 70,000 ; hp ssems a very, high'figure.] ~' ■-i . . ■ ■ '■■■
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19091015.2.39
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 638, 15 October 1909, Page 7
Word Count
123BATTLESHIP-CRUISERS. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 638, 15 October 1909, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in