ITALY'S NAVAL POLICY.
SHY OF THE COSTLY SHIPS. THE UNDER-WATER DANGER. (>Jj CaWe.—Press .Association.—Copyright.) (Received 9 a-m.) ROME, February 15. , AdmiraltSechi, Minister of Marine, ineao ] interview, said that large vessels were no longer necessary to modern fleets. Italy xr&B foregoing the construction of ; super-dreadnoughts, because they were j so ill-protected nsrainst submarines, and . also owing to the huge cost. Since the , armistice Italy had disposed of forty- ; three vessels, and the sale of ninety * others was in progress. —(A. and N.Z.) (
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Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 40, 16 February 1920, Page 5
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