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BRITAIN'S NAVY.
TWO NEW BATTLESHIPS.
THE ROYAL SOVEREIGN CLASS.
M\i Cahle. — Press Association.— Copyright, LONDON, April 17.
The Admiralty has called for tenders for two battleships for the 1914.-] 5
programme.
They will* be of the Royal Sovereign type. Their keels are to be laid down in July.
■ (The Royal Sovereign type is 27,500 tons, carrying ten 15-inch and-sixteen ti-inch guns, and having a speed of 25 knots.] •■
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 61, 18 April 1914, Page 9
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68BRITAIN'S NAVY. Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 61, 18 April 1914, Page 9
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