THE BRITISH NAVY.
NEW TYPE OF CRUISERS
Australian-New Zealand Cable Association
LONDON, Jan. 14
Details are now revealed of British end.ers called “K-boats,” which are propelh i by steam, have two funnels, are two vhou sand tons, 340 feet long, 261. feel heam. with a surface speed of 24 knots, and 10 knots when submerged. They have a range oi 3000 miles, carrying eight, or ten torpedo tubes, and guns big enough to match anything except Dreadnoughts or battle cruisers. The part they have played in defeating Germany cannot yet bo disclosed, but they proved one of the most valuable arms of the navy.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1436, 18 January 1919, Page 5
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