THE BRITISH NAVY.
———7 :: ;vn A REMARKABLE ALLEGATION DEFECT IN THE .12HT, GUN. Br Telegraph. Press Association.Copyright. . (Received April 27, 11.5 p.m.) . ... London, April 27. ' The D'aily Graphic, in the course" of an . article headed "The Naval Crisis," says that experiments have shown that the 12in, mark 8, wiregun, which constitutes the main armament of fifteen of our newest- battleships, is incapable' of firing 5G lull charges. In sever, out of sixteen similar guns on th'« Japanese warships, shells burst within the guru The latest pattern 12in gunnsdd in the navy weighs 55 tons, and throws an 8501b shell which will perforate 45ie of wrought, iron. Two -shots can be fired a minute, so that in. a, bombardment o£ 25 minutes the gun might become useless—if the allegation i < the Graphic is accurate.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12852, 28 April 1905, Page 5
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