BRITAIN’S NAVY
POWERFUL SUBMARINES. LEAVING FOR CHINA. BASE AT HONG KONG. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) Received May 20, 9.30 a.m. LONDON, May 18. “The departure for China on May 24 of the British O class submarines, with the mothership Medway—forming the nucleus of the Fifth Sumbanne Flotilla—will be an important naval occasion,” says the Observer. ‘‘From the Medway downward every keel will be new, while the flotilla will bo the most powerful force of submarines under the White Ensign when at full strength. This will be when the flotilla is joined by the still newer P boats. These boats resemble the U class, but have a two and a half knots faster surface speed. “When they are at the base at Hong Kong both officers and crews will live comfortably aboard the Medway, which is more like a liner than any other naval vessel.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 145, 19 May 1930, Page 7
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