A COMPARISON. THE DREADNOUGHT A SECOND CLASS VESSEL.
■j Telegraph.— Preii Agsoolation.—Copyrlght., (Received September 12, &.20 a.m.) LONDON, llth September. The battleship Orion has started her trials at Portsmouth. > Critics, comparing armament of the> Orion with that of the Dreadnought, declare that it makes the latter secondclass. [There are four battleships of tho Orion class, the othef tlit&e being tho Thunderer, the Monarch, and the Conqueror. They have a displacement of 22,500 tons, or nearly 5000 tons more than tho Dreadnought; length, 545 ft; beam 88£ ft} # draughty 27£ ft. The armament comprises ten 15.5 in guns and twentyfour 4in guns. The big gons are mounted in pairs in turrets on the centre line. As regards protection, there is a water line belt of 12in armour. The weight of the broadside from the Orion is 12,0001 b, as compared with- 6800 for tHo Dreadnought cla«s.]
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 63, 12 September 1911, Page 7
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145A COMPARISON. THE DREADNOUGHT A SECOND CLASS VESSEL. Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 63, 12 September 1911, Page 7
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