LATEST DREADNOUGHT.
SPEED RECORD FOR CLASS. Illy TolcEruDli.-i'rcu AM..i-lntlnn - CiprriEMJ ' London, November 21. " Tho new battleship. Vanguard—tho third St. Vincent and sovonth Dreadnought—in an oiglit hours' speed trial achieved an average ol 22 4-10 knots an hour—a record for vessels ol her class. t • [Tho Vanguard, , 19,230 tons, anticipated' horse-ponor 24,500, has beaten tho speed recoid for battleships recently put up by lie United States' North Dakota, 20,000 tons, anticipated horse-power 26,000. Tho Vanguard reached an a\erago speed of 22 4-10 knots,, as compared s with tho North Dakota's average of 21 4-5 knots and maximum of 221 knots. Each 6hip - has ten 12-inch guns, but tho North Dakota can firo all of them on cither broadside; ' whereas it ie understood that the Vanguard, ' like the original Dreadnought will bear only , eight 12-inch guns on either beam.] '
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 674, 26 November 1909, Page 7
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137LATEST DREADNOUGHT. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 674, 26 November 1909, Page 7
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