NAVAL PRECAUTIONS
AGAINST AIR ATTACK BRITAIN’S PROGRAMME. VERY POWERFUL GUNS. (Received 9 a.m.) •> LONDON, July 19. The Navy is about to double and eventually quadruple its anti-aircraft armament, states the naval correspondent of the “Daily Telegraph.” This is a tacit admission of the potency of air attack, which is expected to be more formidable as aviation progresses. The battleships Nelson and Rodney carry six 4.7-inch anti-aircraft guns, and other battleships and cruisers carry 4-inch guns. The battleships War. Stripe and Malaya, now going under refit, will be the first to have eight long-range runs. Probably the new' calibre will be controlled as one unit, and each will be capable of firing 80 to 100 high explosive, shells a minute at a sky target to the maximum ceiling visibility. The battleships to be laid down in 1937 will each have 16-inch guns. >
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Northern Advocate, 20 July 1935, Page 9
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