FRENCH DEFENCE
NEW WARSHIP LAUNCHED COM M ENT BY MINISTER (Received July 18. 2 p.m.) PARIS, July 17. A message from Saint Nazaire slates that the second class cruiser Marseilles ,vas launched in the presence of members of the Cabinet. The vessel’s displacement is* 7720 tons, her lefigth 590 ft.. and her speed 32 knots. ' Nlie will carry nine guns, eight, antiaircraft guns, four torpedo tubes and a .'iitapult for the projection of seaplanes. M. Pietri, at a subsequent dinner, expressed satisfaction at France’s recent naval progress, and pointed out tbat her submarines* were the most numerous uni her destroyers the, swiftest in tin* world. Tho best way for a nation t<> keep friends was to lie their equal.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18761, 18 July 1935, Page 6
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