THE FRENCH NAVY.
AN UNSUCCESSFUL LAUNCHING. RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE NAVAL COMMISSION. INCREASED ACTIVITY FAVOURED. UnPed Ircss Ascoci-ation—By Electric Telegraph-—Copyright. (Received May 24, 10.20 p.m.) PARIS, May 23. Tho launching at Brest of tho French battleship Danion, of 13,300 tons, was unsuccessful. Powerful tugs failed to move her. Tho French Naval Commission recommended that the number of battleships should bo raised to thirty-eight. It favours, fast scouting cruisers instead of armoured cruisers, and emphasises the need of destroyers and submarines. It recommends laying down in. 1910 two Dreadnoughts of 21,000 tons and twentv-one knots.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXX, Issue 15003, 25 May 1909, Page 7
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93THE FRENCH NAVY. Lyttelton Times, Volume CXX, Issue 15003, 25 May 1909, Page 7
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