IMPORTANT CHANGES
BEITISH NAVAL POLICY
EMPIRE CO-OPERATION
LONDON, May 24. Important changes in. British, naval policy are foreshadowed by the "Daily Telegraph's" naval correspondent, Mr. Hector Bywater. Closer co-operation with, the Dominions, lie says, is being attained, the first fruits of which may bo the strengthening; of the Royal Australian Navy, The whole question of warship design is undergoing review, and the replacement at the proper time of obsolescent battleships is receiving special attention.. ■ ■ The training fleet in the future will be conducted on more practical lines, I demanding an increase of quotas for fuel and practice ammunition. The ten-1 dency in tho direction of over-special-isation is ,being checked, and specialist officers in future will be required to take a share of deck duties. Tentative plans have been drafted giving all young officers and. seamen a course of training- on small ships, such as destroyers, before sending them, to the Battle Fleet.- It is believed this policy will raise the Navy's standard of seamanship. . • ■ -
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 121, 25 May 1933, Page 11
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