BRITISH NAVY MANOEUVRES
Vessels Battered by Storm SUCCESS OF DEFENDING FORCES LONDON, March 15A fierce Atlantic gale so battered several ships participating in th© fleet manoeuvres off Gibraltar that they were forced to seek port. Two seamen were lost. The weather forbade the Red fleet, representing the British Isles, using its aircraft against the Blue fleet, representing an imaginary continent south-west of the Azores, but the manoeuvres were carried on in the teeth of a gale until 2.30 p.m., resulting decisively in favour of the Red fleet, which defeated the Blue fleet’s attempt to secure a base on the Portuguese coast and block Mediterranean traffic, it having already blocked the Atlantic routes.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 80, 16 March 1934, Page 7
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