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...largest size, the Ersatz Hannover of 35,000 tons. This will be the Fatherland's first fullsize capital ship since the Great War. Two days after the Ersatz Hannover was officially announced, Berlin's semi-official military weekly sprang the further revelation that yet another 35,000-tonner will be rushed to completion to help cock the German national snook...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Snooks Cocked | 11/23/1936 | See Source »

...thereby the Atlantic. Extremely farsighted, the Dutch builders have made a lock through which ships of 100,000 tons could pass-though the largest ship in the world today is of less than 60,000 tons, and the Statendam, newest and largest Dutch ship, is but a 29,000 tonner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NETHERLANDS: Dear Little | 5/12/1930 | See Source »

...limitation of 10,000 tons. But in the building of the Suffolk thousands of parts have been made of aluminum, where use of a heavier metal would have been standard practice. Judged from the standpoint of fighting strength, the 10,000-ton Suffolk probably outrates an ordinary 13,000 tonner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Flagship | 5/7/1928 | See Source »

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