BATTLESHIP DEVELOPMENT.
Under the heading "From Dreadnought to Dreadnought," the London "Daily Telegraph" publishes the following interesting summary of battleship development:— Dreadnought, 1875—10.820 tons; speed 13J knDt9; guns 4 12in (35 tons); crew., 440. Cost £619,739. Temeraire, 1876 —Central battery and barbetttes; 8,540 tons; speed 13| knots; guns, 4 9.2 in, 4 Bin. Collingwood, 1882—Soft ends. Nile, 1858—11,940 tons; complete belt. Royal Sovereign, 1891—6 in guns; unprotected and soft ends. Majestic, 1895—14,900 tons; speed 17i knot 9; guns 4 12m; brew, 757. Cost £841,000. Duncan, 1901—14,000 tons; faster than Majestic. King Edward VII, 1903—First battleship with the 9.2 in gun; 16,350 tons; speed 18| knots; guns, 4 12in 4 9.2 in, 10 6in; crew, 770. Cost, £1,499,971. Lord Nelson, i9o6—First modern ship without 6in guns; 16,500 tons; speed, 18 knots; guns, 4 12in, 10 &2in; crew, 865. Cost, £654,098. Dieadnought, 1906—First all-big-gun ship; 17,900 tons; speed, 21 knots; guns, 10 12in; crew, 750. Cost £1,813,100. Superb; 1907 —Improved Dreadnought oi 18,600 tons. St. Vincent, 1908 (completing) Further improved Dread /ought of 19,250 tons. j Neptune (laid down 1908) Fu- I ther improved Dreadnought of 20,000 I tons. i
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9612, 5 October 1909, Page 6
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188BATTLESHIP DEVELOPMENT. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9612, 5 October 1909, Page 6
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