Built by Hie Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Goran, Glasgow, to tie charge of the Government of New Zealand. Laid down June, 1910. Launched July, 1911. Commissioned at Devonport by Captain Lionel Halsey, 23rd November, 1912. Length, 500 ft. Beam, 80ft. Draught, SOJft. Displacement, 19,000 tons. Main'armament, 8 12in. B.L. Mk. X. 45 calibre guns. Weight of broadside, 68001b—3 torn. Auxiliary armament, 16 iin. B.L. Mk. VII, .50 calibre guns. Armour protection, belt 12ft. wide, 4to 6in. thick. Two submerged torpedo tubes. Eight twin searchlights. Complement, 789 offioers and men'. Turbine engines, foiir propellers. .U,OOO horse-power, 31 boilers. Speed 27 knots—3ll miles per hour. Ship carries 3200 tons of coal and 830 tons of oil fuel,
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1722, 12 April 1913, Page 14
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116Built by Hie Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Goran, Glasgow, to tie charge of the Government of New Zealand. Laid down June, 1910. Launched July, 1911. Commissioned at Devonport by Captain Lionel Halsey, 23rd November, 1912. Length, 500 ft. Beam, 80ft. Draught, SOJft. Displacement, 19,000 tons. Main'armament, 8 12in. B.L. Mk. X. 45 calibre guns. Weight of broadside, 68001b—3 torn. Auxiliary armament, 16 iin. B.L. Mk. VII, .50 calibre guns. Armour protection, belt 12ft. wide, 4to 6in. thick. Two submerged torpedo tubes. Eight twin searchlights. Complement, 789 offioers and men'. Turbine engines, foiir propellers. .U,OOO horse-power, 31 boilers. Speed 27 knots—3ll miles per hour. Ship carries 3200 tons of coal and 830 tons of oil fuel, Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1722, 12 April 1913, Page 14
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