MUST HAVE SHIPS
BRITAIN'S NEED
LOSSES EXCEED BUILDING
LOOKING TO U.S.A.
(By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. I LONDON, November 26.
"I am not going to hide the fact that the rate at which we are building ships does not make up for the losses," declared the Minister of Shipping, Mr. Ronald Cross, in a broadcast. He said that the losses had grown from the average of 20,000 tons a week during the inactive first part of the war to 60,000 tons after June. "Our shipyards are working to their utmost, but a very large part of their capacity must be given up to naval construction," he continued. "Many yards, instead of building ships, are i engaged in repairs. "We are most anxious to get more ships built overseas, and we are looking primarily to the United States shipyards. We must have ships. The issues depending on our having enough ships are so tremendous that we cannot make too sure of the , shipping position in the months or years which may pass before victory is achieved."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 130, 28 November 1940, Page 11
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