PREPARATION.
THE FRENCH NAVY
[press association.] ■<?* PARIS, March 8. The Chamber voted two "Dreadnoughts." ' M.. Jaures projposed that they 'should be armed with 13.5 guns.
M.Delcasse, Minister for Marine, replied, that 12.2 guns had the same penetrating power at 6000 metres as 13.5 guns at 9000 metres, but the target was vaguely visible at 9000 metres and ships were rarely able to profit by long range firing..
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 59, 10 March 1911, Page 7
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67PREPARATION. Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 59, 10 March 1911, Page 7
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