Salt Lake Telegram | 1910-08-08 | Page 9 | Largest, Fastest Cruiser Launched

LARGEST FASTEST CRUISER LAUNCHED LONDON Aug 8 The S.-The The armored cruiser Lion the largest fastest and most powerful cruiser In the world was launched pw at th the dock yards ads at Devonport Devonport Devonport Devon- Devon port Saturday Tho The keel of or the giant cruiser cruler was laid Nov November 29 9 last last Though Thou tho the usual secrecy in regard to to the design n was wa at first maintained It Is now known that the tho cruiser upon Its Js feet fee o of deck will wU carry eight guns of Inch throwing projectiles project A of 12 1250 O pounds They will wl be mounted In tour four barbettes nil all ni on the center conter line lne of the ship hip The cruiser will have a displacement dis dIs- placement o of tons and will wil bo hO driven by turbine engines of horsepower horse horse- hore power giving her an fn exp expected speed o of 28 knots Her superiority over over her hor predecessor in the tho cruising battleship class Is shown by tho the comparison o of her 70 hor horsepower with the earlier maximum maxi maxi- mum of or