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United Press Association — By EJectric Telegraph—Copyright.
DAMAGED BY HER OWN WEIGHT.
HER FRAMES BENT,
(Received Last Night, 10.45 o'clock.)
LONDON, May 5
The battleship Invincible was docked at' Portsmouth on Tuesday, in order to undergo a complete overhaul. When the full weight of tiie vessel rested on the wooden blocks, her keel frames, which aro used for strengthening her double bottom, buckled and collapsed. The ship's weight bent the frames like a bow, bulging them on either side. When she was floated and examined, serious injuries were disclosed.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10231, 6 May 1911, Page 5
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92THE INVINCIBLE Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10231, 6 May 1911, Page 5
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