SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN
AN UNSINK ABLE SHIP. AN ITALIAN INVENTION. [Australian and N.Z. Cable Auooiatlon.] POME, September 23. The Italian Marine Commission' a 1 a tea that it has solved the question of making merchant ships unsinkable. It believes that within haljf a year the Italian mercantile fleet will be safe from submarines^. UNSINKABLE SHIPS. DO NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. fAustralian and NZ. Cable Association.] Received this day. at 5.15 a.ra. AMSTERDAM. September 23. It isi authoritatively stated that the building of unsinkable ships has 'Seen practically mastered, but naval circles are of opinion that the ships won’t solve the submarine menace, owing to (he difficulties of construction and (heir small cargo space. •'
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Greymouth Evening Star, 24 September 1917, Page 5
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