BRITAIN’S MIGHT
DREADNOUGHTS AND RATTLE % cruisers. Times—Sydney Sun Special Cable. LONDON. August 19. Received 19th, 7.5 p.m. At the beginning of the month Britain will have two complete squadrons of Dreadnoughts in Home waters, with a broadside of 80 tons. When the New Zealand returns Britain will also have a squadron of battle cruisCrs in Home waters, and another in the Mediterranean. SHORTAGE IN PRE-DREADNOUGHT SHIPS. By Tele grip h.—Press Association. —Copyright. LONDON, August 19. Received August 19, 9.30 p.m. The Daily Telegraph draws attention to the fact that Britain’s prc-Dread-nought ships are rapidly diminishing. The Empire’s naval outlook will darken as the older ships drop off, until we are actually in the position of inferority to Germany in respect to pre-Dreadnoughts.
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Southland Times, Issue 17427, 20 August 1913, Page 5
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