NOT EQUAL TO LOSSES.
SHIPBUILDING IN BRITAIN.
HOPE PLACED ON AMERICA.
LONDOU, November 26
“I am not going to hide the fact that the rate at which we are building ships does not make up for our losses,” declared the Minister for Shipping (Mr Ronald Cross), in a broadcast address. Mr Cross said losses had grown from an average of 20,000 tons a week during, the inactive first part of the war, to 60,000 tons after June. “Our shipyards are working to the utmost,” he said, “but a very large part of their capacity must be given up to naval construction. Many yards, instead of building ships, are engaged in making repairs. “We are most anxious to get more ships built overseas and are looking primarily to the United States shipyards. We must have ships. “The. issues depending on our having enough ships are so tremendous that we cannot make too sure of the shipping position in the months and years which may pass before victory.”
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 41, 28 November 1940, Page 5
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