NAVAL MANOEUVRES.
EXCELLENT BIG GUN PRACTICE. ORION'S FINE RECORD, By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright London, May 12. There is brilliant weather for tho naval manoeuvres. The King, aboard the battleship Neptune, led the battle squadrons to the open, where the submarines attacked the flagship. Marvellous evolutions were carried oat by the Navy hydroaeroplane. Excellent big gun practice was put in. The Orion made twenty-one hits in twenty-eight rounds at six .thousand yards, with her 13.5-inch guns. THE NEW RESERVE. (Rec. May 12, 5.5 p.m.) London, May 11. The men joining the immediate Naval Reserve will undergo 28 days' sea training annually. Otherwise they will be free to follow their civil occupations.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1438, 13 May 1912, Page 5
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109NAVAL MANOEUVRES. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1438, 13 May 1912, Page 5
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