Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1909 — BIG BATTLESHIP LAUNCHED [ARTICLE]

BIG BATTLESHIP LAUNCHED

Eighth British Vessel of Dreadnought Class Takes the Water. Portsmouth, Eng., Oct. 1. —The Neptune, Great Britain’s eighth battleship of the Dreadnought class, or the eleventh, including the three battle•hips cruisers represented by the Inflexible, was successfully launched here and christened by the Duchess of Albany in the presence of a great crowd. The bulkheads of this super-Dread-nought are so heavily armored that experts consider her practically unsinkable by a torpedo.