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Show i NINE BIG SHIPS ; LOST BY BRITISH ; The King Edward VII is the ninth ; battleship lost by Great Britain dur-; dur-; ing the war. Following Is a list of vessels of tho battleship and dreadnought dread-nought class which have been sent to tho bottom: Audacious, dreadnought, 25,000 tons dispdacement. Mined off tho Irish coast October 27, 1914. "Bulwark, battleship, 15,000 tonB. Blown up at Sheornesa November 26, 1914. Formidable, battleship, 15,000 tons, Torpedoed in the English channel January Jan-uary 1, 1915. Irresistible, battleship, 15,000 tons. Mined by the Turks in the Dardanelles March 18, 1915 Ocean, battleship, 12,950 tons. Mined by the Turks in the Dardanelles March 18, 1915. Goliath, battleship, 12,950 tons. Torpedoed Tor-pedoed in the Dardanelles Mav 13. 1915. y Triumph, battleship, 12,800 tonB. Torpedoed in the Dardanelles May 26. 1915. ' Majestic, battleship, 14,900 tons. Torpedoed In the Dardanelles May 27, 1915. The loss of but one German battleship, battle-ship, the Poramern, 13,040 tons, torpedoed tor-pedoed by the British on July 2 In the Baltic sea, has been reported. Ger- Fr' i?J?W?veir JM far exceeded Great Britain in the number of cruisers cruis-ers put out of commission. Thirty-five Thirty-five of these vessels have been reported report-ed sunk, |