Biggest Battleship Since War
GERMAN GIANT LAUNCHED. United I-’ress Association—Bv Electric Telegraph.—Copyncht. Received Sunday, 9.50 p.m. WILHELMSHAVEN, Oct. 4. Far in advance of schedule, on account of which the Government congratulated tho builders, the largest post-war battleship, named the Wehdrnhorst, was launched in the presence of Herr Hitler. She is a 26,000-toti vessel and has nine eleven-inch guns signili eantly all mounted forward. General Biomberg said the vessel was the / first fruit of the Anglo-German naval understanding.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 235, 5 October 1936, Page 6
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