THE MOLTKE AND THE GOEBEN.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9988, 26 January 1915, Page 6

THE MOLTKE AND THE GOEBEN.

(Completed 1911-12.) 1 These ships displace 22,640 tons, the I length on waterline is 610 feet, and the extreme breadth 96i feet. They are propelled by Parsons' turbines, of 52,000 h.p., designed to give a speed of 25 knots, but on trial the maximum speed was slightly over 28 knots, and since being in service S these two battle cruisers are said to have |! proved themselves to be the fastest armour | ed vessels in the German fleet. The fuel f capacity is over 3000 tons, and at economical speed the vessels can cover 12,000 | miles without replenishing their bunkers, k The, armament is fairly powerful. It, ! consists of ten 11 in., twelve 5.9 in. and i twelve 21-pounder guns, with four sub-i merged torpedo tubes. Two turrets amid-1 i ships are en echelon, the remaining three | being tin the centre line, so that all ten i big guns can be fired on either broadside. !, These ships are reported to have special y -arrangements for rapidly loading the heavy I guns, but the report is not authenticated. IFor battle cruisers the protection is remarkably good, there being llin. armour on the waterline. In every respect these vessels are among the most powerful units of the German fleet. They have a complement of 1013 officers and men. A description of the Blucher was published yesterday.