SUBMARINE WAR.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 64, Issue 175, 6 May 1944, Page 3

SUBMARINE WAR.

MUSTERING IN THE FAR EAST.

COMMUNICATIONS MENACED

(Rec. 10.55 a.m.) LONDON, May 5

British submarines are mustering in Far Eastern waters for a smashing blow against the vulnerable sea communications of the Japanese armies, states a naval correspondent of the “Evening Standard.” /‘To-day, in a British port,” says the

' correspondent, “more submarines are being refitted for the 7000-mile voyage to Admiral Somerville’s growing & tinder-water fleet r; “Noted submarine commanders who until the last few months were the 1 terror of Axis shipping in the Medi- § terranean have already joined the ( fleet. They have accounted for both Japanese warships and merchantmen. I' “The submarines form the spearf head of the Navy’s attacks across the * Indian Ocean. The great expanses of il water in which they will operate are better suited for submarine warfare I than the Mediterranean, where their patrols were always made under the eyes of enemy shore-based aircraft. The submarine men, on going East, will be met in the Bay of Bengal by other submarines. . “An important feature of the rehtk* ting of submarines for Eastern wateis is the introduction of air-conditioning plant. Experts are also producing a special diet for men serving in submarines in hot climates.