BRITISH NAVY
BATTLESHIP RE-BUILT. AT COST OF £1,400,000. ACCOMMODATION FOR AIRCRAFT. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. LONDON, May 14. The Sun-Herald says that the battle cruiser Repulse, which has been reconstructed after three and a half years, as a cost of £1,400,000, now embodies more air power and a greater degree of defence than any vessel in the British Navy. The Repulse is the first of Britain’s capital ships to be rebuilt in accordance with up-to-date principles- A 50-feet superstructure abaft the second funnel lias been removed to accommodate aircraft, extending the full width of the deck. A lofty hangar has been built on either side of the deck. The Repulse will go to the Mediterranean on June 8, carrying four seaplanes, two in llie hangar and two on the deck. Hitherto no British warship has carried more than two. H.M.S. Renown is returning to Portsmouth to be -similarly re-fitted.
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Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19887, 16 May 1936, Page 7
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150BRITISH NAVY Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19887, 16 May 1936, Page 7
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