Britain’s Latest Dreadnought, Orion

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Aug 23, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 33.

Britain’s Latest Dreadnought, Orion

Britain's latest Dreadnought is named "Orion" and is really the last word in war-ships. It is believed that she will be immensely superior to all her predecessors in armament and speed when she is launched, August 20. She will be equipped with a new 13.5-inch gun in such a manner as to give her a broadside on either side of all the ten guns, which are almost double the weight of the present twelve-inch guns. Other Dreadnoughts have not exceeded 21 knots an hour, but it is believed that she will exceed 24. Her displacement will be 23,500 tons and her length 535 feet.