HEAVY DECK PROTECTION
FRANCE’S NEW BATTLESHIP
SPEED AT LEAST 30 KNOTS
(United Preaa Association— By Etectno Telegraph Copyright.) Received 11 a.m. to-day.
LONDON, March 7. The Daily Mail’s Paris correspondent says that the deck protection of France’s 35,000-ton battleship is the heaviest yet, namely, eight-inch steel to guard against aerial torpedoes and high angle fire by 16-inch guns. The armoured belt will be 16 inches thick in the centre tapering at the bow and the stern of the ship to carry eight double turreted 16-inch guns and also considerable anti-aircraft armament. The engines give a speed of at least 30 knots.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 8 March 1935, Page 7
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