THE GERMAN NAVY
THREE NEW CRUISERS BERLIN, Feb. 5. (Received Feb. 7, at 5.5 p.m.) The National Zeitung announces that the first of three heavy 10,000ton cruisers will shortly be launched. They have been constructed on the lines of modern foreign cruisers, and will fill a serious gap in the German Navy, for which they will supply an absolutely new weapon.
ONE VESSEL LAUNCHED
HAMBURG, Feb. 7
(Received Feb. 7, at 10.30 p.m.)
The first 10,000-ton cruiser has been launched and named the Admiral Hipper. The armament includes eight Sin guns.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23109, 8 February 1937, Page 9
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