"MAN'S MIGHT HAS NAUGHT CAN MATCH OR MAR HER PRIDE."—Looking straight into four of the Hood's 15-inch guns —instruments of war and desstruction on a misssion of peace— the majesty and might of the world's greatest warship strikes the beholder with overwhelming force. Behind the gun-turrets rise tier upon tier of instruments to aid them to maintain their deadly accuracy of aim — range- finders, conning tower, bridge, search lights, clock-faced range transmitters, and, above all, the foretop— the brain of the whole ship in action. From there every gun in the ship can be trained and fired as one. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956), Mon 17 Mar 1924, Page 1
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