DREADNOUGHT SUNK.
A RUSSIAN DISASTER. AN INTERNAL EXPLOSION. Australian and X.Z. Cable Association. PETROGP.AD, November 24. It is olficially announced that a lire on October 20 exploded the magazine of the Dreadnought Imperatritsa Maria. The vessel sank. The dead numbered 213. [The Imperatiitsa Maria was of 22.500 tons and was launched only last year. She carried 12 12in guns and 2(1 Mil guns, and was capable of reaching 21 knots.)
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 872, 25 November 1916, Page 9
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70DREADNOUGHT SUNK. Sun (Christchurch), Volume III, Issue 872, 25 November 1916, Page 9
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