TWENTY DREADNOUGHTS.
INCREASED POWER OF BRITAIN'S .: . WARSHIPS. Britisli Dreadnoughts are rapidly increasing ill power. During .1910 three Dreadnoughts-were commissioned for the British Navy, two were passed through their trials, four were launched, six'were laid down, and five were ordered—a total, of twenty ships for tho year. The extraordinarily rapid progress of warship design will be seen in tho following table of the principal characteristics of some of the vessels on which work was dono last year• ' '' , ■ 1 1 BATTLESHIPS. » Gunfire on' Arma- broadTonnage. raent. side. St. Vincent' (completed) 19,250 10 12in. 6,8001b. Neptuno (pass-■ . ed trials)... 19,900 10 12in. 8,5001b. Heroules (launched) 20,250 .. 10 12in. 8,5001b. Oriou . . (launched) 22,680 10 13.5 in. 12,5001b. Royal Gcorgo (ordered)... 27,000 12 13.5 in. 15,0001b. ' CRUISERS. Arma- ' Speed,' ' Tonnage, ment. Gunfire, knots. Indefatig- , able v (passed v trials) 18,750 8 12in. 6,8001b. 25 Lion (launch i ed) ... 26,360 8 13.5 in. 10,0001b. : 28 Germany commissioned fivo new Dreadnoughts in 1910. launched two, and laid down four, her total thus being eloven to our twenty.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1054, 17 February 1911, Page 6
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