Wednesday, June 5, 2013

German Warship Launched.

New York Times 100 years ago today, June 5, 1913:
Dreadnought Markgraf is of 27,000 Tons and 21 Knots Speed.
    BREMEN, June 4.— The German dreadnought which is to replace the old Welssenburg was launched here to-day and christened the Markgraf.
    The new warship displaces approximately 27,000 tons. She is designed for a speed of 21 knots, and her armament is to be very powerful, consisting of ten 14-inch guns and thirty guns of smaller calibre. She is fitted with ten submerged torpedo tubes.

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