BRITAIN'S SEA MIGHT
New Battleships Are Invultierabie * (Beceived 1, l.o p.m.) LONDON, June 30. Mr Hector Bywater, writing in the Daily Telegraph, says that the five new British battleships are the best-pro-tected in the world. They are designed to Withstand the heaviest gun, bomb and* torpedo attacks. Their armour accounts for 40 per cent. of their displacement and their speed is 30 knots, compared with the Queen Elizabeth's 25 knots. They thus com.bine great fighfcing power with battle-cruiser speed.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 141, 1 July 1937, Page 5
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