THE OVERHEAD FOE.
EAVAk SUNS V. AIRCBAPT. By T£?Bfrsph- j -Prs3g. Asfioclatlon^OoiiTrlKW "Tini?s" and Sydney "Sun" Services. (Roe> March 10, SAO p.m.) tondmt, ilard) 10. ■ Tlie first appearawifr-Of a gun for tose l>y the Britisli fleet against niferaft is cm the. battlesliip Iron Duko, whieli is gsing- ou inanpeuvres to tost two giuis tvhich throw twelv-o-tjitfund Irijtli esplasivo shells up to an effective mngp of 7(100 yards. It is possible that tho olmcc!. may not 'be. lai, but it is helwred tJiat tils slwck of the explosion wftl bo suf» ftcieiit ta bring down an aeM>.pkii<>. The Ivan Bako is also inirodtiehig a six-ineli nuti-torpedo hattey, Tlje newest battleships are -disp&hsiflg With tho terpoife defotico not, kiipwiv as tho "Criiioli.iMjj' 1 ivllifih is easily .penetrated by tho West torpedoes, and tlwrefora useless a«d obsolete, The Jaelc Tars n.ro. not. regretful, beeaiiso "Out nets J 7 ". was nit uii.popillar order, invoking is. laborious task.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2004, 11 March 1914, Page 7
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153THE OVERHEAD FOE. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2004, 11 March 1914, Page 7
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