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Show battleshipIsT by the british King Edward VII Strikes a Mine and Goes to the Bottom, London, Jan. 9, 8:05 p. m. Tho British battleship King Edward VII has been sunk after striking a mine. Tho entire crew was saved. The sinking of the King Edward was. nnnounced by tho admiraltv In tho following statement: "H. M. S. King Edward VII has struck a mine. Owing to the heavy sea, she had to be abandoned and sank shortly afterward The ship's company com-pany was taken off without any loss of life. Only two men were injured. The King Edward was a battleship of 16,350 tons, laid down In March 1902. She was 453 feet long, 78 foet beam and 26 feet draught. She had -four 12-Inch and ten 6-Inch guns in her main battery and was equipped with four torpedo tubes, submerged. Her speed on her trial trip was 19 knots. She had a complement of 777 men. Tho Kink Edward represented an investment of nearly 1,000,000 pounds and was one of tho finest of the last class of predreadnaughts, corresponding correspond-ing in general to tho American ships of the New Jersey and Nebraska type, and was only slightly older than the Natal, sunk by an internal explosion about a week ago |