DWINDLING NAVY.
BRITISH STRENGTH. Reduced in Twelve Years by Two-Thirds. END OF FAMOUS SHIPS. (United P.A.—Electric Telegraph—Copyright) i LONDON, May 6. The striking of his flag at Devonport by Rear-Admiral G. F. Hyde denoted the passing of the Third Battle Squadron. • •' v Under the terms of the London Naval Treaty the Iron Duke will be disarmed, but retained for non-combatant duties. The Marlborough will be sunk by gunfire by the Atlantic Fleet, and the Benbow and Emperor of India will be broken up. "Their withdrawal with the Tiger leaves the Navy without a single coalburning ship of importance," says Mr. Hector By water, the "Daily Telegraph" naval correspondent. "Our armoured forces are now reduced to 15 ships, including three battlecruisers mounting a total of 118 guns of 1.6 and 15-inch calibre. "The British fleet has been reduced in 12 years in the size of its armament by exactly two-thirds." Needless to say there ha 6 been no such proportionate reduction in any other navy in the same period."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 106, 7 May 1931, Page 7
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