SKIT ON THE DREADNOUGHT.
The Munich correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" quotes the following skit on the dimensions of the great British battleship Dreadnought from the "Neuestc Nachrickrichlen" ; "The German naval authorities have been confounded by the launch of the British fiOOft. warship Dreadnought. But now comes the news of the launch of the Grentnioiith, which is to be built in six weeks. The Greatmouth's length is immeasurable Ijy the English system, Whole commandoes of Dreadnoughts can be hung about her anchor chains, She - is so long that the time varies at the bow and stern. 'A butt of champagne was used to christen her-there is no bottle large enough, Cavalry are trained on board, The whole German fleet could be bidden away in her caboose. The King, when he went on board, wore out four tophats and frock coats, which had to be discarded owing to change of fashion during his tremendous journey over her, A "middy" who goes from the deck to the bridge is a pensioned admiral by the time lie has claimed there. Hut her size is nothing to her power, No gun or torpedo can hurt her, and she can blowaway fortresses. Her turbines are worked by the Gulf Stream, But Germany is going to build a battleship which will take six Greatmouths as lifeboats,"
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North Otago Times, 6 September 1906, Page 2 (Supplement)
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221SKIT ON THE DREADNOUGHT. North Otago Times, 6 September 1906, Page 2 (Supplement)
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