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But in 1931 ships begin to be due for replacement , therefore the time seems ripe to review the whole situation and see ... If it is possible to limit the capital ship to 35,000 tons and 16 - inch guns , why , it may well be asked ...
But in 1931 ships begin to be due for replacement , therefore the time seems ripe to review the whole situation and see ... If it is possible to limit the capital ship to 35,000 tons and 16 - inch guns , why , it may well be asked ...
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iron plating and swivelling turret , spelt the death - knell of the old wooden broadside ship . But always the great ship adapted herself to each new means of attack : the shell she countered by armour ; the ram by increased mobility ...
iron plating and swivelling turret , spelt the death - knell of the old wooden broadside ship . But always the great ship adapted herself to each new means of attack : the shell she countered by armour ; the ram by increased mobility ...
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Nevertheless , these new forms of attack exist , and it is necessary to see how they affect the surface ship of reduced tonnage . Here are some fundamental facts which may give those who favour the very much smaller ship food for ...
Nevertheless , these new forms of attack exist , and it is necessary to see how they affect the surface ship of reduced tonnage . Here are some fundamental facts which may give those who favour the very much smaller ship food for ...
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 254 |
| Editors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) |
| Contributor | George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1930 |
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