BATTLESHIP FOR SALE.
t -0— f BRAZILIAN DREADNOUGHT IN THE MARKET. J By TclegTaph—PrcEß Asseeiatlor—OoDyTieht 5 London, October, 26. J Four years ago, when relations were ' somewhat strained botaveon them, the " Argentine and' Brazil decided to 5 strengthen, their navies. The Argon- " tine's commitments with' an American 1 firm involved four and a half Millions, nml Brazil ordered three Dreadnoughts. 7 The third of these, .the Rio, do Janeiro, " was recently launched in Britain. Hearing that the Argentina had re--1 fused to take delivery of her ships, and s tii&t Brazil was temporarily embar--5 rassed financially, and was now trying | to sell the Rio de Janeiro. Turkey 1 nibbled, whereupon Grceco made a bid. ' Russia is now trying to outbid both. r —" Recent cablegrams stated that tlieCoun- ' eil of Ministers of Argentina has decided to 1 soil the super-DreadnoughtJiio de Janeiro, * at present being constructed at Blswiclt, for its cost, plus <i thousand pounds, ill r order to build a battleship of an improved ! type. It was rumoured at Newcastle that Canada miprht buy the battleship, and I that Mr. Churchill (First Lord of the ' Admiralty) intended to inspect her.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1891, 28 October 1913, Page 7
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190BATTLESHIP FOR SALE. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1891, 28 October 1913, Page 7
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