GERMAN BATTLESHIP IN THE SOUTH AILAMIO # Cable new. this morning appears to indicate with certainty that the German 10,000-ton b.tt e.h.p Adm«al pictured above, is operating in the South Atlantic. Thia das. of ah,p. of which Germany ha, three.. ,a excepUonaliy powerful, being armed with six 11 in. Runs of a new Krupp model having a range of 1 5 aea miles, eigj 5.9 in. guns, six 4.1 in. high-angle guns, and 1 8 anti-aircraft guns, besides eight torpedo tubes Driven by Diesel engine!, these ships have a cruising range of 10.000 miles without refuelling, and a speed of 26 knots. They carry a seaplane (seen abaft the funnel) and have a crew of 926.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23470, 6 October 1939, Page 7
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115GERMAN BATTLESHIP IN THE SOUTH AILAMIO # Cable new. this morning appears to indicate with certainty that the German 10,000-ton b.tt e.h.p Adm«al pictured above, is operating in the South Atlantic. Thia das. of ah,p. of which Germany ha, three.. ,a excepUonaliy powerful, being armed with six 11 in. Runs of a new Krupp model having a range of 15 aea miles, eigj 5.9 in. guns, six 4.1 in. high-angle guns, and 18 anti-aircraft guns, besides eight torpedo tubes Driven by Diesel engine!, these ships have a cruising range of 10.000 miles without refuelling, and a speed of 26 knots. They carry a seaplane (seen abaft the funnel) and have a crew of 926. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23470, 6 October 1939, Page 7
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