TROUBLE IN NAVY
RUMOURS OF INSUBORDINATION
v United Press Association—By Eiectrie Telegraph— Copyright.)
LONDON, October 11
Sensational rumours are cu'rrent in Portsmouth as to insubordination cm the battleship Hood. - An exhaustive inquiry failed to substantiate these.
The Hood i s .at present in Cromarty Firth with the Renown. The mem-
bers of the clew were ashore at Invergorden on October 9th and 10th, the're being no sign of trouble or discontent. The “Daily Mail’s” special correspondent reports that- the cancellation of the naval manoeuvres owing to a gain ' ront.~i.ns a most valuable lesson already apparent to naval men, which they consider the public should learn, namely, the shortage of cruisers. The proposed attack convoy on October 5 would in wartime depend for success on sufficient c'ruisers of five thousand tons or thereabouts, but they were unavailable. .Consequently it wag inere.ssary to substitute destroyers. Cruisers could have carried out the exercises, but with shams this was iimpos‘-iblo in such weather,
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Hokitika Guardian, 12 October 1933, Page 5
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