BRITISH NAVY
A NEW MINE LAYER
(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Australian & N.Z. Cable Association)
LONDON. HCh Jan.
•" The "Daily Telegraph" says that the new electric mine layer Adventure is the only warship propelled by Diesel engines with electrical transmission. It is also the first British ship' designed expressly for mine laying. During' war mines accounted for 23 per cent, of capital ships and cruisers, 57 per cent.' of destroyers, and 27 per cent, of submarines. Altogether 400 British warships and auxiliary craft and 1,121,000 tons of merchant shipping were destroyed. The Adventure'is 7260 tons, 520 feet long, and her armament is restricted to 4.7 inch quickfirers, the weight saved enabling 1000 mines to be carried, which is four times the capacity of any previous mine layer. Turbines of 40,000 horse-power drive the vessel at a speed of 27J knots, ' but Diesel electric engines, making 14 knots, will be used for cruising.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 13 January 1928, Page 5
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