BATTLESHIP OF THE FUTURE.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10963, 4 May 1907, Page 3 (Supplement)

BATTLESHIP OF THE FUTURE.

GAS ENGINES AND NO FUNNELS

; : A*paper of. gleat; iifiporWnce^lndicating what the battleship of ;. the. future will be like, was read at a meeting of the Institution of Naval Architects at the Society of Arts, when the Earl of Glasgow presided. The paper dealt with the "influence o 1 "on the gun power of the irod-er-n warship," arid showed that- if a large number .'ofugurisr- are to be effectively mounted they must ; be all placed so-as to fife "on either broadside. In the Dreadnought, Out Tof ten" 12-iri guns," only eight fiie on eiiher broadside.,To enable oir the ten. to fire ; with tbt utmost effect it was shown that funnels must be abolished and also all- deck.erectiofts. But if the funnels are to be klimiriated, steam can no longer be used, and the boiler must g0. . : The; great fi'in .of Tickers have faced this f act, '.and-twter. three years'" almost continuous research .wdrk have now perfected the system of gas ; maphihery for propelling ships. The explosiori engine, m a word, is to replate the steam engine. ■■-.*■. ■■'■ .T-.T , "The design for such a vessel has been worked out. She has no funnels, arid is thus an extraordinary-looking craft. Hfr speed will be higher than that of" any ca . isting battleship, arid her "dimensions are moderate. But..;shg carries;-a; battery more powerful thari even the Dreadnoughts, since' all 7 its v ten guns can fire on either beam and six ahead or asternThis is the ship of the . future.