The new cruiser- HMS 'Minotaur,' launched at Devonport, June 6 ILN-1906-0616-0006

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The new cruiser- HMS 'Minotaur,' launched at Devonport, June 6 ILN-1906-0616-0006

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The new cruiser: HMS Minotaur, launched at Devonport, June 6. The "Minotaur." a vessel of 23 knots, with a displacement of 14,000 tons, was christened by the Countess of Crewe. The vessel will mount four 9'2-inch breech-loading guns in the fore and aft barbettes, ten 7'5 guns in the ten batteries, five on each side of the upper deck; and some twenty smaller quick-firing weapons. She is protected by heavy armour.
Volume: 128 , Issue: 3504

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16/06/1906
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