BRITISH NAVY.
ORDERS FOR NEW DESTROY ERS.
United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright. Received September 13, 8.35 a.m. LONDON, .September 12. The newspaper "Engineering" states that the Admiralty has placed orders for twenty torpedo-boat destroyers to have a speed of twentynine knots an hour. Their construction will enable them to keep the Bea in all weathers. Seventeen of the boats will be fitted with Parsons' turbines, and three with Curtis's turbines.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9594, 14 September 1909, Page 5
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71BRITISH NAVY. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9594, 14 September 1909, Page 5
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