GERMAN NAVY
NEW BATTLESHIP LAUNCHED ALL GUNS MOUNTED FORWARD (United Press Association—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright) WILHELMSHAVEN, 3rd October. Far in advance of schedule on account of which the Government congratulated the builders, the x largest post-war battleship, named Scharnhorst, was launched in the presence of Herr Hitler, She is a 26,000-ton vessel, and has nine 11-inch guns, significantly all mounted forward. General Blomberg, Defence Minister, said the vessel was the first fruit of the, Anglo-German naval under-; standing.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 5 October 1936, Page 5
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