GERMANY’S GIANT WARSHIPS
LARGEST GUNS TO DATE NAZI NAVAL MIGHT EXEMPLIFIED HONOURING ANGLOGERMAN TREATY United Press Association—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, November 23. The German Naval Year Book for 1938 reveals that two new 35,000-ton battleships are under construction. Each will mount eight 15.3 in guns. This is the largest gun ever mounted on a German battleship. The German guns at Jutland were 12in. According to Mr Hector Bywater in “The Daily Telegraph,” the annual reveals that when the present new construction is delivered, Germany will have:— Two battleships of 35,000 tons, armed with 15.3 in guns. Two battleships of 26,000 tons, armed with Ilin guns. Three 19,000 tons pocket-battleships, armed with Ilin guns. Five 10,000 tons cruisers. Eight 7000 tons cruisers. Two aircraft carriers of 20.000 tons. Twenty-two super destroyers. Thirty smaller destroyers. Sixty-one submarines. This programme conforms with the 100-35 ratio of the London Naval Treaty.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20894, 25 November 1937, Page 7
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147GERMANY’S GIANT WARSHIPS Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20894, 25 November 1937, Page 7
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