THE NAVY.
SIR PERCY SCOTT'S VIEWS. By Telegraph—Press Aesoolation—Copyright. United Service LONDON, December 7. Sir Percy Scott, in an interview, said that battleships are useless. They were kept in port during four rears ofr war, and when taken out were treated as glass, being guarded by a whole dotiUa of destroyers. Had the German submarine officer's been ns gooti as the English they would have gone into Scapa Flow and sunk the lot. If we build battleships we will have to build nurses for them. NEW TYPE OF BATTLESHIP. Australian »nd N.Z. Cable Aaaoolatto*. LONDON, December 8. It is understood that the Admiralty proposes to build in record time, at Portsmouth, the first of la new- type of. battleships, embodying the lessons of the war.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVIII, Issue 18584, 10 December 1920, Page 5
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125THE NAVY. Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVIII, Issue 18584, 10 December 1920, Page 5
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