FLEETS IN BEING

Feilding Star, Volume 11, Issue 4180, 1 March 1934, Page 7

FLEETS IN BEING

FASTEST SUBMARINES OWNED BY BRITAIN POLICY FCR THE NATION NEWSPAPER'S ADVICE (Aust. and N’.Z. Cable) London, Feb. 27 The Admiralty’s annual report of the fleets reveals that the new British submarines, Severn and Clyde now in building will he the world’s fastest craft, attaining 22J knots on the surface? Italy is still building the fastest cruisers, attaining 361 knots, Japan’s are designed for 33 knots. The speed of the newest British cruisers is not disclosed. The Morning Post, in a leader, points out that Britain faces the prospect of inferiority in naval power and adds: “If this nation wants to he sure of its existence, it must put its defences right and give up the folly of believing it can make itself safe by disarmament treaties and the League of Nations.”