CABLE NEWS.
IPX ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. — COP YBIGHT.] BRITISH BATTLESHIPS. « THE REORGANISATION SCHEME. A REASSURING STATEMENT. STRENGTHENING THE FIGHTING LINE. [phess association.! (Received October 17, 7 a.m.) LONDON, 16th October. It is officially announced that tho battlebhip Afrioa will be commissioned at Sheerness in November to replace the Magnificent. The latter will be rscommksioned for service at Devonport in connection with the reserve. Th® battleship Hibenua will be substituted in November for the Victorious, and the Atlantic flceb will then consist exclusively of vessels of the King Edward VII. claffi. Tho Daily Chronicle says the slowest and weakest, vessels are gradually being eliminated from the fighting fleets, new vessels in many instances being substituted for them. The Daily Telegraph publishes a reassuring statement that the reorganisation is in the interests of economy, but based on demonstrated efficiency. The system of reserve divisions with nucleus crews will be on trial for two yeare. One of its advantages will be that torpedo craft will be made unprecedently efficient.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXII, Issue 93, 17 October 1906, Page 7
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165CABLE NEWS. Evening Post, Volume LXXII, Issue 93, 17 October 1906, Page 7
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