The trials of the new battle-cruiser Lion' were begun in
the Channel on Monday and proved extremely satisfactory. According to an account in the Times the eight hours' full- power trial was run " in probably the most severe weather experienced by any high-speed ship on steam trials." Not- withstanding this, however, the power specified in the contract was exceeded throughout the trial, and the mean power showed an excess of nearly ten per cent. over the contract rate. Accounts in other papers state that the ' Lion's' mean speed was 29.7 knots for the run, while the maximum speed was 311 knots. This is probably the highest speed ever reached by a ship of this class in her trials. The German battle-cruiser ' Moltke,' of which the mean speed in her eight hours' trial was also 291, seems only to have reached a maxi- mum of 30 knots.
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