THE BRITISH NAVY
A SUPER-DREADNOUGHT LAUNCHED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. LONDON, October 9. Princess Christian launched-at the Portsmouth dockyards -the battleship King George V. Australian wine was used in the christening ceremony.
H.HJ3. King- George V., is a super-Broad-nought of 23,000 tons displacement; 5100 tons more than the Dreadnought. Ssio is 65ft longer than that vessel, her length being 555 foet, and her beam 89ft. - Her engines are of 31,000 horse-po-wor, and are on the Parsons turbine principle. She is to be armed with ten 13.5-inch guns, in five oSTfCrc-lme turrets, and twenty-four 4-inch guns.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7928, 11 October 1911, Page 7
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