FRANCE’S MAMMOTH SUPER-SUB. LAUNCHE.
■r [By Electric Cable-Copyright.] lAust. and N.Z. Cable Association.) PARIS, Fob. 25. Franco's super-submarine, chiefly fox protection of colonial routes, has been launched at Cherbourg. The vessel is 300 ft long and has ten torpedo tubes. It carries 33 torpedoes, a surface gun, anti-aircraft gun, a number of machine guns, and a crew of 50. , ■ The vessel is capable of remaining at sea two months without refuelling and has a radius of SOOO miles and a speed of 17.7 knots. A sister ship is now bein'? completed.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6544, 28 February 1928, Page 4
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91FRANCE’S MAMMOTH SUPER-SUB. LAUNCHE. Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6544, 28 February 1928, Page 4
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