HUGE BATTLESHIP.
LAUNCHED AT PORTSMOUTH SOME NEW JUG GUNS. [BY ELECTRIC TELEG'\APH--COPYRIGHT.J [PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] LONDON. August 21. fn the prosonoo of King Alfonso of Spain tho battleship Orion was launched at Portsmouth. •She is tho Inmost batloship afloat, has a speed of 21 knots, and is armed with 21-inch torpedoes with a range of 7000 yards, at 10 knots, awl leu PL."> guns. Till the battleship I/ion was recently launched, t.he Admiralty kept these guns secret and it was nol known that four more Britsih battleships wore similarly armed.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 August 1910, Page 3
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90HUGE BATTLESHIP. Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 August 1910, Page 3
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