IS THE BIG SHIP DOOMED?
COMMISSION TO INQUIRE. VULNERABILITY TO ATTACK. I (Received 11.35 a.m.) LONDON", November 2G. The Admiralty is considering the appointment of an expert committee to investigate warship construction owin" to the conviction that the development of ; aircraft and submarines may necessitate striking departures from pre-war standaras of construction of big warships, i Some experts endorse Admiral Lord' iMsner s and Admiral Sir Percy Scott's view tliat big warships are becorainobsolete owing to their vulnerability irom aerial and submarine attacks. ( \ and Is.'/.. Cable.) '
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 282, 27 November 1919, Page 7
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86IS THE BIG SHIP DOOMED? Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 282, 27 November 1919, Page 7
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