BRITAIN FACING NEW NAVAL PROBLEMS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 139, 14 June 1935, Page 7

BRITAIN FACING NEW NAVAL PROBLEMS.

FIRST MAGNITUDE.

If Germany Given 35 Per Cent of Strength. BRITISH WRITER'S OPINION. (United P.A.—Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 11 a.m.) LONDON, June 13. Mr. Hector C. Bywatcr, naval correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," points 'out that if an agreement were concluded under which Germany would have 35 per cent of British naval strength, in categories she will have the following ships:— Five 22,000-ton battle-cruisers with llin or 12in guns. Six 8100-ton heavy cruisers, with Bin guns. Thirty-six 1000-ton destroyers. Nineteen 800-ton submarines. Two 22,000-ton aircraft-carriers. The only British ships capable of dealing with battle-cruisers of the type foreshadowed are the Hood, Renown, and Repulse. The two last-named will almost certainly be outpaced. Britain will thus be confronted with new naval problems of the first magnitude. GERMAN DELEGATES. ARRIVAL FOR PARLEYS. (British Official Wireless.) (Received 11.30 a.m.) RUGBY, Juno 13. The German naval delegation, headed by Herr von Ribbentrop, arrived at Croydon by special aeroplane for the conversations with British representatives, which will be resumed to-morrow.