NAVAL PROGRESS.
INADEQUACY OF ABMOUR 1 PLATING. Press Association—F.U-ctric Trlesraph-Copyrifiht. {Received To-dau. N.i $.-■'> a.m.) LONDON. Last Night. Experiments upou the disabled warship, Jena, showed that guvs beat armour iv every iustauce aud proved that no vessels were safficieutly protected against the latest types of projectiles, also that it was essential tuat the whole of the vessel should be uniformly protected.
The Freuch vessels are considered to be better protected thau those of other nations The Dautou would float, though disinustcr.l, whila the Dreadnought or the Germau Jsassau would siuk like the Russians did at Tsushima if hit about the water Hue.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXII, Issue 9700, 3 November 1909, Page 5
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101NAVAL PROGRESS. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXII, Issue 9700, 3 November 1909, Page 5
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