SQUADRON PASSES
DWINDLING BRITISH NAVY
NO COAL-BURNING SHIPS
LONDON, 6th May,
' Kear-Admiral G. F. Hyde's striking of his flag at Dovonport denoted the passing of the Third Battle Squadron undor the London Naval Treaty. The Iron Duke will be disarmed, but will be retained for non-combatant duties. The1 Marlborough will be sunk by gunfire by the Atlantic Fleet. The Benbow and the Emperor of India will bo'broken up.
"Their withdrawal, with that of the Tiger, leaves the Navy without a single coal-burning ship o£ importance," says Mr. Hector Bywatcr in the "Daily Telegraph." '' Our armoured forces are now reduced to fifteen ships, including three battle-cruisers, mounting a total of 118 guns of aixteen-inch • and fifteen-inch calibre.
"The British Fleet has been, reduced iv twelve years in size of armament by exactly two-thirds. Needless to say, there has been no such proportionate reduction in any other Navy in tho same period." ...
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 106, 7 May 1931, Page 11
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