OUR NAVY.
LAUNCHING THE QUEEN
ELIZABETH,
MOST POWERFUL WARSHIP
AFLOAT,
BX ELECTSIO TELEGRAPH— OOPYBIGHT.
£EB PBKSS ASSOCIATION. (Received October 17, 9.15 a.m.) London, Octoberl6. Lady Meux, wife of Admiral Sir Hedwortn Meux, Commander-in-Chief of Portsmouth, launched the Queen Elizabeth, the most powerful Dreadnought in the world, at Portsmouth. , , . She will be the first battleship entirely driven by oil, is armed with eight 15-inch guns, and 16 6-inch, also a battery of 3-inch, guns designed for use against aircraft, fane is expected to attain a speed or oO knots and will carry 4000 tons of oil, which will be sufficient? for a voyage round the world.
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Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2197, 17 October 1913, Page 3
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105OUR NAVY. Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2197, 17 October 1913, Page 3
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