Fleets of the world 1915. Compiled from official sources and classified according to types.
Eveleigh Nash, London, England, 1915.
An item referred to the Army and Navy Journal reporting that the British battleships King Edward VII held the world record coal loading. At Portsmouth, England was in 34,5: hours 1.451 ton loaded or 417 ton each hour out of a floating coal magazine.(1)
Note
1. Of the King Edward VII-class, preceded by the Duncan-class and preceded by the Swiftsure class, consisting of the King Edward VII, Britannia, Africa, Dominion, Commonwealth, Hibernia, Hindustan and New Zealand. Building ordered under the 1903-1904 Estimates, laid down at the Devonport Dockyard on 8 March 1902, launched on 23 July 1903, completed in February 1905 and finally mined off Cape Warth, Scotland on 6 January 1916.
