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  2. WITH THE SPECIAL SERVICE FLEET

    Here wee see the guns and the fighting top of H.M.S. Repulse, with the sailors engaged in their daily exercise. While the Hood has eight 15-inch and twele 5.5 guns, the Repulse carries six 15in and 17 4in guns. Each time one of the large guns is fired it costs nearly £150. These monsters, of course, are not discharged when a salute is being fired. For this purpose the little three-ponders, which are situated on battery deck, are used. (Photographed by the "Sydney Mail's" Special Staff Representative with the fleet.) ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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