THE GERMAN NAVY.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2545, 5 July 1909, Page 5

THE GERMAN NAVY.

THE FOUR DREADNOUGHTS. THEIR DIMENSIONS AND POWER. Unitud Press Association —Copyright (Received July 4, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, July 3. The “Daily Mail” correspondent at Berlin gives the following details of the German Dreadnoughts: Nassau, Westfallen, and Rheinland, each 459 ft long, 90ft beam, 15,500 tons displacement, 20,000 horse-power, 19 knots speed; Blucher, 507 ft long, 82fb beam, 32,000 horse-power,' and 24 knots speed. [The British' Dreadnought, which was launched in 1906, is of 18,000 tons displacement, 23,000 horse-power, and 21 knots speed. Britain has three ships of the same class building, they are the Bellerophon, the Superb, and the Temeraire, each of 18,600 tons, 23,000 horse-power, and 21 knots speed.] tons.] ADMIRALTY MEAT CONTRACTS' — GIVEN TO AUSTRALIA. The Admiralty’s June contract for preserved beef has been divided equally between the Queensland and Central Queensland Export Companies. The whole contract for mutton has been ■given to the Sydney Meat Preserving Company.. THE COLONIAL OFFICE DELEGATES. (Received July 5, 1.15 a.m.) SYDNEY, July 4. Sir Charles Lucas and Mr. A. A, Pearson, the Colonial Office delegates, sailed for New Zealand in the Ulimaroa.