BUILDING WARSHIPS.
HOLIDAY ENDED. POWERS LAUNCHING OUT. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. LONDON, Nov. 15. The naval contributor of the Daily Telegraph says the French Government has ended its battleship holiday and is giving orders for the laying of the keel of the battle-cruiser Dunquerque, the first capital ship to be built for the French Navy for nearly 20 years. This ship will have a displacement of 26,500 tons. She xvill carry eight 13in. guns and so xvill be the most poxverful battleship ever built, except the Hood. Her guns xvill have a range of 23 miles. The Dunquerque prejudices the British plan to limit capital ships to 22,000 tons. Letter France proposes to build txvo more Dunquerques. Italy also, is experimenting with a battle-cruiser xx-ith eight 15in. guns. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 15. The Indianapolis, the first 10,000 ton cruiser completed since the London Treaty, xx-as ceremoniously commissioned to-day. A communication from the Secretary of the Navy, Mr Charles F. Adams, xvas read.. This said new tonnage must be laid down to maintain the navy at treaty strength.
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Waikato Times, Volume 112, Issue 18795, 17 November 1932, Page 8
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