THE BRITISH NAVY
FLEET IS WEARING OUT A LEAGUER’S STRONG PLEA TOO MUCH SCRAPPING By Telegraph-Press Assn-Copyright (Aust. and N.Z. Cabin). (Received Feb. 15, 9,10 a.m.) London, Feb. 14. “Our fleet is wearing out and the replacement of a. number of cruisers is overdue, so that a, further reduction. would bo a menace to our security,” say s Mr Cyril Cobb, chairman of tillei Navy League, in a- letter urging the A'dipiralty to carry out itg full 1929-30 programme in its en t ireriv.
He declares that the making of gestures by dropping vessels proved a. mists Icon policy, because most of tho other Powers, instead of reciprocating, have considerably increased their building allocations. He points out that since Armistice) in 1918 Britain, has scrapped naval vessels totalling 2,160,291 tons.
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Feilding Star, Volume 7, Issue 2136, 15 February 1929, Page 5
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