NEW WARSHIPS
German Battleships and Cruisers
TEN COMPLETED OR BEING BUILT Cost Per Ton Double That In Britain SUPERFINE MATERIALS By Telegraph.—Press Assn.— Copyright. (Received January 24, 8.5 p.m.) London, January 24. The "Daily Telegraph’s” naval correspondent says that it. is officially con- . firmed that Germany has now built, or is building', five pocket battleships, together with five cruisers, ata total cost of £31,000,000. This is double the cost per ton of British naval construction due to electric welding, and the use' of superfine materials to save weight. All live have six 11-inch guns ami eight six-inch guns, but in the later ships steam turbines with high pressure boilers replace the Diesel engines of the first ships.
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 103, 25 January 1935, Page 11
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117NEW WARSHIPS Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 103, 25 January 1935, Page 11
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