NEW BATTLESHIPS.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVI, Issue 13277, 17 January 1911, Page 5

NEW BATTLESHIPS.

Frew Association.—Telegraph —Copyright . Received January 17,...8.5, - ; LONDON, January 16. ; The keel plates of the battleships,,/ King George Y. and. Centurion, will be laid today. ‘ ;■ ; 'The displacement of- the ships will be, approximately, 25,000 tons, their horsev’ower 27,000,' and they r will have a speed ; of 21 knots. , The thickest armour will be 12-inch Simson steel', "arid'/the armament includes 10 13J-inch, and 24 four-inch guns. The latter jyeapons will be used against destroyers. / There will he three torpedo ta,b es » firing 21-inch torpedoes with .a range of 7000 yards.'- Tlie officers! quarters will Ik* aft.