NEPTUNE LAUNCHED.
Received October 1, 9 a.m.
LODNON, September 30.
The Duchess of Albany successfully launched the Neptune, the eight Dreadnouhgt, at Portsmouth. Colonial wine was used in the christening ceremony. It is understood that the Neptune is so heavily armoured as to be unsinkable by the explosion of a torpedo beneath the vessel.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9610, 2 October 1909, Page 5
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54NEPTUNE LAUNCHED. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9610, 2 October 1909, Page 5
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