NEW GERMAN DESIGNS
ENGINES AND ARMAMENT
GREAT. SUPERIORITY
tfuitcd Press Association —By Electric Tel»» graph—Copyright. . , ' (Received 23rd April, 1 p.m.) i LONDON, 22nd April. Mr. Hector Bywater, the , "Dail?. Telegraph's" naval editor, reveals th« superiority of the German. 6000-ton cruisers Konigsberg, Karlsruhe, aad Koln, built in accordance' with tha Versailles Treaty. Running with Diesel engines only, each has a radius of action exceeding eighteen thousand miles, more than any warship, afloat. The Diesel engines develop one horsepower for each 12 pounds of. weight, which is 65 per cent, lighter than the usual marine oil engine. ,
The armament is exceptionally powerful, consisting of nine 6-inch Krupp guns in three triple turrets, each gun discharging eight rounds a minute, Thus the three turrets together could churn out seventy-two 1051b shells m minute, a torrent of steel and etplosives which only the stoutest armed tar* get could resist. There are also torn anti-aircraft guns, and twelve torpedt tubes.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 95, 23 April 1931, Page 11
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