THE MODERN DREADNOUGHT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16020, 11 September 1915, Page 4 (Supplement)

THE MODERN DREADNOUGHT.

Though the reader may not have seen a Dreadnought he probably possesses a very fair idea of its eize, shape, and cost. Newspaper articles and excellent reproductions of photographs have made it clear that these floating monsters are marvels of speed and striking power. Beyond all doubt they represent the highest 'level of controlled strength that the human race has yet seen. The bald fact that 25,000 tons, or more, of metal can be driven through water at the speed of an express train while its big guns hurl shells, weighing threequarters of a ton, a distance cf S i? lleß *? a . miracle of mechanism. during the evolution of the warship to its nefrs hav tat L° «*«««*. marine engiand chw >* n J*** with the difficult SrVoHhe lesilT ° f t P h r ° teCtin - *« ing hitting poweTofftSnTCTKL worlds, writes E. J Hart it , tlie Millgate Monthly, the fl4»hit 'Jl **• MUlgate upon its'abihtv to tak! S^„ d * Pen^ed hard knocks. Some idea of Ihediffi^H 6 ' may be gather from the fact tW * 15m 6 hot strikes a blow at itt «, • * point of speed, capable' of im- ax c ,m^ m tons a footfrom tL g?oiL d . f^S 60 ' 000