ANTI-PIRACY PATROL
Cost of Plan May Be About £350,000
(Received September 15, 1 a.m.)
London, September 14.
The Admiralty is discussing details of the anti-submarine patrol with Sir Dudley Pound, Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet, says the “Manchester Guardian’s” naval correspondent. Seaplanes have been allocated to the British patrol, which will cover a length of 1400 miles. The 36 vessels allocated to the patrol will use up much fuel, the estimated cost being £2OO a week for each destroyer, even when steaming at an economical speed. The dispatch of stores will be a heavy item and the extra charge on the Navy estimates may amount to £1250 a week.
Ships continually moving naturally suffer abnormal wear and tear, and the total cost of control may be around £350,000.
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Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 300, 15 September 1937, Page 6
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