NEW NAZI BATTLESHIP
LAUNCHING CEREMONY
MLEvEN-TNCTI GUNS
WILIIKLMSIIAVEN. Oct. 3.
Far in advance of the schedule, on account of which the Government has congratulated the builders, the largest post-war battleship, named Scharnhorst, was launched in the presence of Heir Hitler. She is a 26,000-ton vessel and has nine 11-inch guns. Significantly, all are mounted forward.
General von Blomberg, the Minister of Defence, said the vessel was the first fruits of the Anglo-German naval understanding.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19137, 5 October 1936, Page 5
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