SEA SPEED
France Claims Fastest Warship DESTROYER’S 38 J KNOTS (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) PARIS, Monday. The French navy now prides itself on the possessing of the fastest warship afloat. This is the torpedo boat destroyer Fullepard, which on her trials attained a speed of 38£ knots. In attaining a speed of 38 J knots (the equivalent of 432 miles an hour on land) the Fullepard beats the fastest and newest British destroyers, Amazon and Ambuscade, by a knot and a-half. It is interesting to note that France’s fastest vessel of his type up till now has been the Admiral Senes, which was formerly the German 5.113, built in 1918, and surrendered after the Armistice. Its speed is 36.9 knots. In her new 10,000-ton cruisers France has also attained unprecedented speed. The Tourville, -which will visit Auckland in May in the course of a world cruise, reached 36.15 knots recently as compared with 34.7 knots, the fastest performance of a Briish 10,000-ton cruiser to date. This speed was attained by H.M.A.S. Australia on the way from Wellington to Brisbane in October last. The Australian Navy also possesses six destroyers capable of a speed of 36 knots.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 627, 2 April 1929, Page 9
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197SEA SPEED Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 627, 2 April 1929, Page 9
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