PRE-WAR EXPERIMENTS.
I (Received November 1, 11.45 a.m.) j LONDON, October 29. i Sir Percy Scott' says that he visited I Kiel in 1905,'' and. saw' evidence that I the Germans contemplated long raiige ! firing, by which, means their ships j would hit the deck instead of tho side I armour. Lord Jeilicoo assisted in exI poriments with a view to meeting this I danger, but the failure to obtain money i caused the experiments to be abandoned. The result was seen at Jut- ! land, when the British battle-cruisers I hit on the decks blew up. I Sir P. Scott declares that battle- : ships are dead, owing to their vulnerability from aircraft and submarines. The future is with aeroplane, and aero- | plane-carryiag ships utilisable in peace j time as .merchantmen, should replace , battlesliips. j
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XL, Issue 9147, 1 November 1919, Page 5
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