THE NAVY.
NEW SEA LORD'S POLICY. ARMOURED CRUISERS, NOT DREADNOUGHTS. (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Per Press Association.) LONDON, Feb. 6. The Daily Mail states that Admiral Sir A. K. Wilson's policy differs from that of Admiral Sir John Fisher, whom he succeeds as First Sea Lord of the Admiralty. He is convinced that the need of the navy is not so much Dreadnoughts as armoured cruisers. He is also indisposed to continue the wholesale scrapping which Admiral Fisher bequeathed, the programme for the coming year including only four Dreadnoughts. The Daily Mail adds that at the end of 1912, Britain will have 20 Dreadnoughts and 44 pre-Dreadnoughts compared to Germany's 13 and 21 respectively.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19100207.2.5
Bibliographic details
Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9135, 7 February 1910, Page 2
Word Count
113THE NAVY. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9135, 7 February 1910, Page 2
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Standard. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in