THE WRECKED DEVON.
AS AN. ARTILLERY TARGET.
fPlv'R PBSfc* ..'•U«onTAT,V"»>- i ;L'" l ....•"] Wellington, May 20.' | U A start was- .made this "nWrning j with the operations which jv.ro design- : ed to result in the of ; of the strainer lie yon' %M Heads. A squad of frj'ty members of the 8,.X".Z.A., under Lieut. Thring, went out to Fort Dor-j .set, .and. fired 7 rounds from ithe Gin i mark VII. guns, with armor-piercing and lyddite shells. The operations! were witnessed by Colonel Johnston.] Director of Ordnance, and Major | Hume, from the Janie Seddon. It i is reported that the armor-piercing! shells proved much more 'effective,. the HrMge and funnel suffering; cori-.[ sidorably. The range was something j over 4000 yards. |
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 25, 21 May 1914, Page 6
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120THE WRECKED DEVON. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 25, 21 May 1914, Page 6
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