NAVAL REVIVAL

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 83, 6 January 1928, Page 9

NAVAL REVIVAL

1927 A DECISIVE YEAR IN FRANCE

LARGE NUMBER OF NEW VESSELS INCREASE IN AIR SQUADRONS BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION. COPYRIGHLondon, January 4. The Paris correspondent of “The Times” says that 1927 was a decisive yetir in regard to naval revival. Twenty-five, ships, including submarines, were commissioned, and 24 were laid down. Credits were voted for 19 of these, and three air squadrons were created. The cost of new construction will be £10,728,000 for 1928, as against £2,880,000 in 1924. The first two complete series of postwar vessels will be ready for service in 1932, including nine cruisers, 21 flotilla leaders, 36 destroyers, 48 submarines, and numerous auxiliaries. Two million pounds will be spent annually to provide oil storage at Brest and Toulon. The existing 18 air squadrons will be increased to 50 by 1938.—“ The Times.” LOSS OF SUBMARINE S 4 COMMISSION OF INQUIRY Washington, January 4. President Coolidge has asked Congress to authorise him to appoint a Commission of five, including three civilians, to investigate the sinking of the submarine Si, which was rammed by a destroyer in Cape Cod Harbour, Massachusetts, on December 17.