GIANT NAVAL GUNS.
FOR THE RODNEY AND NELSON. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—OOPYBIGB J LONDON, Jan. 29. The Daily News says that the new IG-inch guns, of which the Rodney and the Nelson are mounting nine apiece, are believed to. outclass the world’s naval ordnance in range, accuracy and destructive power. The shell, weighing 21.°.01b5, leaves the muzzle with a velocity of 30 miles a minute, and would pass’ clean through a block of wrought iron five feet thick. Excluding mounting, the gun weighs 108 tons. The bore is GO feet long, over which are wound over 100 miles of steel wire. It takes <a charge of 5801bs of cordite, and. despite the weight, can be loaded and fired in 30 seconds. Thus the Rodney can discharge approximately 18 tons of shells a minute at a range of 25 miles.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 31 January 1927, Page 5
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138GIANT NAVAL GUNS. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 31 January 1927, Page 5
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