NEW BATTLESHIPS
BUILDING IN BRITAIN. LAust. & N.Z. Cable Assn.] LONDON. May 18. Hector Bywater, in the “Telegraph,” reveals that a description or the five George the Fifth class ot battleships, which arc being built, is published in the Journal of the German Admiralty l The main armament is ten 14-inch guns, with weight of broadside 15,601) 'Jbs., which is 40 per cent, below His •'fajesty’s ship Nelson, but is compeni sated for by more rapid fire and ! weight of armour protection. The 13,000 ton ships are mounting the jinosl powerful anti-aircraft batteries afloat.
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Grey River Argus, 20 May 1938, Page 9
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