BRITAIN'S DEFENCE
COST OF AN AIRSHIP.
THE AUSTRALASIAN CRUISERS
(Received Last Night, 10.30 o'clock.)
LONDON, May 11
In the House of Commons the Right Hon. R. McKenna, Firs-fc Lord of the Admiralty, stated that the hull and machinery of the first naval airship had cost £40,876.
The warship Invincible would, he said, be out of the dockyard on May 20.
The cruisers for Australia ond New Zealand will be launched in October, 1911, and July, 1912, respectively.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10236, 12 May 1911, Page 5
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77BRITAIN'S DEFENCE Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10236, 12 May 1911, Page 5
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