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THE BRITISH NAVY.

A RESULT OF RECENT EXPERIMENTS. United Presa Association— -By Electric Telegraph— Copyright. (Received May 29, 10.56 a.m.) LONDON, May 28. Owing to the recent capped shot experiI ments, six cruisers of the County class in iast year's naval programme ar^e being redesigned with a view of providing them with six-inch instead of four-inch armour. (The cruisers of the County or Monmouth class are 9800 tons displacement and 18,000 home-power. They are to carry fourteen six-inch and thirteen small quick-firing guns. Their speed is to be twenty-three knots.) .

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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7415, 29 May 1902, Page 2

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THE BRITISH NAVY. Star (Christchurch), Issue 7415, 29 May 1902, Page 2

THE BRITISH NAVY. Star (Christchurch), Issue 7415, 29 May 1902, Page 2