EFFICIENCY PROVED.
BRITISH CONVOY SYSTEM. (British Official Wireless.) Received November 2, 12.15 p.m. RUGBY, Nov. 1. The extent to which the British convoy system has already been developed is shown by the fact that already nearly 2500 Allied merchant ships have made voyages under convoy. The efficiency of the system is proved by the reduction in merchant ship losses over those incurred in the first week of the war, before the system was in operation, and by the fact that up to date only eight ships in a convoy have been lost. Three of these losses were inflicted on the same convoy. The loss of one ship in 300, although regrettable, cannot be regarded as serious. . One satisfactory deduction which can bo made from the efficient working of the convoy system is that there is no shortage of escorting craft and patrol vessels. No navy can keep up in peace time a sufficient force of escort and patrol craft to enable all maritime trade to be made instantaneously 100 per cent, secure in the event of war.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 285, 2 November 1939, Page 10
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177EFFICIENCY PROVED. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 285, 2 November 1939, Page 10
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