POCKET BATTLESHIP

Evening Star, Issue 20061, 29 December 1928, Page 7

POCKET BATTLESHIP

GERMANY'S NEW CRUISER LATEST 111 TECHNIQUE DEVELOPMENTS frets Asiocittion—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, December 28. A complete description from official sources of the German mystery ship, the so-called “pocket battleship, is now for the first time published in the ‘Daily Telegraph,’ which says that the new 10,000-ton ship, which was laid down at Kiel, will be the most remarkable ship afloat. No other will have such a/Jarge cruising radius at high speed. f She will carry, enough fuel oil to dr' •© her at a speed of 20 knots, and could probably, at a lower'speed, cruise from Germany to China on one load of fuel. The Ersatz Preussen, as she is provisionally designated—though probably she will be named eventually after the late Admiral Von Scheerwill driven at a speed of 26 knots by twin screws of Diesel motors, which .will develop 50,000 horse-power The estimated cost is £4,000,000. due to the superfine quality 'throughout. Three similar ships will follow.—Australian Press Association. The engines are being built at Nuremburg to a novel design, about which the strictest secrecy is being observed. One feature is the extraordinary lightness, their weight being 550 tons. In the hull the super-grade steel will be used, and electric welding will be od«J>Ifnl. instead of rivet* The formidable armament IttMVudss «bc Ujn guns, firing cf projectiles, with a range of 'SO^Vyds. is «vUm* that the JNSmta Preuasen

has a great cruising radius. In Gerthe Baltic and the North Sea, for she has a great cruising radium. In Germany’s absence of oversea bases this constitutes an important strategical advantage, because she ivill be fast enough to escape any capital ship except a battle cruiser, and will be strong enough to overpower any typo of warship b|!ow Dreadnought standard.— Australian Press Association.