AGROUND ON THE AALANDS
I GERMAN BATTLESHIP. I Reuter. COPENHAGEN, April 14. It is reported that the German battleI ship RheinJand is aground at the Aaland ' Islands. News from another source I states that the ship struck a mine and I sank. I ' '' The Rheinland is a battleship of the Dreadnought type, of 18,500 tons dis- , placement, laid down in September, 1908. Her dimensions are; Length, 472 ft; beam, .- \ 88ft; maximum draught, 25J>ft. She is i armed with twelve llin,. and twelve 6in Mjuns i and six 18in torpedo-tubes. ~,.,. 7"
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16825, 16 April 1918, Page 5
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