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<p>The new cruiser: HMS <i>Minotaur,</i> launched at Devonport, June 6. The "Minotaur." a vessel of 23 knots, with a displacement of 14,000 tons, was christened by the Countess of Crewe. The vessel will mount four 9'2-inch breech-loading guns in the fore and aft barbettes, ten 7'5 guns in the ten batteries, five on each side of the upper deck; and some twenty smaller quick-firing weapons. She is protected by heavy armour.
</p><p>Volume: 128 , Issue: 3504
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W. M. Crockett, photographer</div>
16 June 1906<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1906-06-16T00:00:00Z/11</div>
<i>The Illustrated London News</i>