BATTLE PRACTICE
FRENCH BATTLESHIP'S RECORD. EIGHTEEN s"HOTS IN FOUR MINUTES. By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. (Received June 26, 8.30 a.m.) PARIS, 25th June. The battleship Danton, at firing practice, sec-red eighteen hits in four minutes, at a range of ten. thousand metres (about 10,936 yards). [The Danton is an armoured battleship of 18,028 tons. She has four 12in, twelve 9.4 in, sixteen 12-pr., eight 3-pr., and 2 1-pr. gune. Her speed i» 19 knots, and Bhe carries a crew of 690 men.]
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 151, 26 June 1912, Page 7
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82BATTLE PRACTICE Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 151, 26 June 1912, Page 7
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