OCEAN FORTRESSES.
NAVAL DEVELOPMENTS. LONDON,' March 17. The News-Chronicle’s naval correspondent sa.ys that, although the details are confidential, two anti-aidcraft ships, similar to those Admiral Sir Dudley De Chair disclosed, are already in service. They consist of reconstructed cruisers which have been transformed into fortresses capable of an overwhelming fire against either antiaircraft or other warships. Two such vessels with a fleet are likely to be a greater menace to enemy aircraft than the latter would be to the fleet. Moreover, battleships’ and cruisers’ existing anti-aircraft armaments are adequate for repelling air attack.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 94, 20 March 1936, Page 9
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93OCEAN FORTRESSES. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 94, 20 March 1936, Page 9
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