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Title: Our wonderful navy; the story of the sure shield in peace and war
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Margerison, John S
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: London, Cassell and Co., Ltd
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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first projected, some long-cared German spy inEngland got wind of the fact that Britain was building cruisers thatwould be able to outfight anything in the cruiser line that floated. Now it so happened that a certain British naval officer, who wasemployed in the constructional department at the Admiralty, wasapproached by this spy, who offered him a large sum of money forthe plans. The officer temjioriscd with the spy, and reported thematter to his chiefs. These put their heads together and involveda scheme whereby Germany might be taught a lesson to mind herown business, and at the same time be utterly deceived. They arranged that the naval officer should sell the German someplans, which were specially prepared for his benefit, the construc-tional department of the Admiralty going to great pains to make theseplans as thorough as possible. In order to gain time and preventthe Hiui spy bcconiinir suspicious, the naval oflicer demanded a larger THE RIVER CLYDE: THE MODERN HORSE OF TROY
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British Troops Making the Landing at V-Beach on Gallipolis Shore. The Battle of Dogger Bank 125 sum of money than was offered at first, and finally, when all was ready,consented to allow the German to hold the plans for twenty-four hoursin consideration of several hundred thousand pounds. In^due course the ship which was to be bigger and better thanthe Invincible class of battle-cruisers made its appearance—-to befxually discovered to be several knots slower, to be less thickly armouredand less powerfully gunned than Invincible and her sisters, one ofwhich, Indomitable, was in at the kilUng of the ship which was to beable to make rings round her and to slaughter her at long range. A,—Bulkheads carried up todeck io a airgo boat. Ifonly one space is flooded theship probably remains afloat.If struck between boiler orengine room a large space isflooded, and the ship prob-ably (ounders. In case of bulkheads notbeing carried right to deck,water rushes over top andfloods cargo space. The

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