NEW BRITISH CRUISER
PLACED IN COMMISSION
LAST O¥ 10,000 TON TREATY
CKAPT
British Official Wireless. 35UGBY, 16th September. The new 10,000-tou cruiser Dorsetshire is being commissioned at Portsmouth to-day to replace the Frobisher in the second cruiser squadron of the Atlantic 'SUeEt.
All of the thirteen 10,00Q-ton cruisers allowed to Britain under the London Naval Treaty have now passed into service. Of t.ne same general design, they differ in detail. Seven ships of the Kent class, hi which are included the Australian cruisers Australia and Canberra, were designed for a speed of 31.5 knots, but havvo exceeded this figuro in service, while tho remaining six of the London and Dorsetshire classes have a nominal speed of 32i knots. All carry a main armament of eight Sin guns.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 69, 18 September 1930, Page 9
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127NEW BRITISH CRUISER Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 69, 18 September 1930, Page 9
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