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Show A MONBTER WARSHIP. England Launrhr tt.n lrstl Mchtlni' e.il In the ttorlit. Portsmouth, l'ngland, Nor 10 Ihousanda of people wllneaaed the launching of the ram b-ittlcshlp Formidable For-midable nt tho dockyard here. Kho la aald to lie the largest warship In tho world, being of 10,000 tons displacement displace-ment She la (00 feel Iol-, liaa 73 feet beam and draw a SO feet 0 Inches of water She coat orer 11,000,000, and la estimated to ate am eighteen knot. The chancellor of tho exchequer, Mr Michael llicka-lleach, tho first lord of the ndmtralty, Mr (loschcn, and Ad mlral .Sir Michael Culinu Seymour, were among those prcsc nt A notable feature of tho launch of the battleship waa tho entwining of tho llrlttth and American Haga 011 tho official aland Tho arrangement of the Formidable contltta of four twclro Inch guni, twclvo six Inch quick firing gun, eighteen twclvo poundera, twelve three pounder! and eight Maxim gun She carrlei POO torn of coal In her bunkeri, and will have a complement of 730 men Her twelve Inch guni are In hooded barbettes. She la to be drlren by twn propellers and will hare 13,000 Indicated horse power. |