A GERMAN DREADNOUGHT.
REACHES THE SEA. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Berlin, September 30. The battleship Westfnlen at spring tide accomplished the most difficult part of the passage to the sett. Owing to a mistake in calculating the displacement of the Westfalen, Germany's first Dreadnought, thevessW was unable to sail down the Weser to the N'oi th Sea, and had to return to Bremen. She is 18,500 tons, ni|d has twelve 11-inch and twelve 0-inch guns. NEW NAVAL BASE. Received 1, 11.45 p.m. London, October li The new naval iiarlmr at Wilheliishaven ius cost three and a-half nfillions sterling. The works include six docks, three deep enough to accommodate the largest super Dreadnought, nnd a large fitting-out basin. The fTimes' correspondent describes Wilhclmshaven as one of the bestequipped naval stations in the world.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 204, 2 October 1909, Page 2
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131A GERMAN DREADNOUGHT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 204, 2 October 1909, Page 2
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