RUSSIAN NAVY IN BALTIC
Reported New Type Of Cruisers
(N.Z. Press Association —Copyright) (Rec. 8 p.m.) LONDON, February 20. Russia has begun a new bid to seal the Baltic, her traditional window io the West, says the naval correspondent of the?‘Daily Mail.” Two new cruisers of surprise design have been identified and at least four more cruisers, and .possibly six, are being built. % Some are believed to be nearly complete. Scandinavian reports say that Russia’s surprise new cruisers are at least 15,000 tons, and have 12 six-inch guns. A second type is being built of about 13,000 tons, with 12 six-inch guns and a speed of 32 to 35 knots. One of these is reported to have joined the Red Arctic Fleet. Scandinavian and United States intelligence reports say the main Russian naval forces in the West are:— Baltic.— Two new and five reconstructed cruisers, plus old battleships. 40 destroyers and anti-submarine ships, not more than 100 operational submarines, mostly only for coastal defence. 700 to 900 naval aircraft, and new 14in coastal batteries. Arctic.— One new and two 1950 cruisers. 40 destroyers and anti-submarine escort ships, about 30 submarines, mostly ocean-going, a few new, but none with the Short airmast.
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Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 26971, 21 February 1953, Page 7
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