THE FRENCH NAVY.
♦ TWO DREADNOUGHTS AUTHORISED. By Cable—Press Association—Copyrh/nt. Paris, March 8. The Chamber voted two Dreadnoughts. M. .Inures proposed that they should be armed with 13.5-inch guns. M. Delcasse, Minister of Marine, replied that 12.2-inch guns had the same penetrating power at <KKM) metres as 13.5-inch guns at 9000 metres, but the target was only vaguely visible at 9000 metres, It was rarely that ships were able to profit by long-range firing.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 258, 10 March 1911, Page 5
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73THE FRENCH NAVY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 258, 10 March 1911, Page 5
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