STERN STRUGGLE FOR SEA SUPREMACY.

North Otago Times, Volume CV, Issue 13932, 14 July 1917, Page 6

STERN STRUGGLE FOR SEA SUPREMACY.

BRITAIN BUILDING POWERFUL SUBMARINES,. / r—; -! ■" / TO OUT-FIGHT AND COUNTER GERMAN CRAFT./ t. .I»*i Lit ••/ ' (Keuter's \ ' jl r '. : NEW YORK, Julj/12. The London correspondent of The New York Tribune states that Britain is building the world's greatest submarines, vessels that can fight destroyers or light cruisers. The yards are rushing through these new types, which will be capable of remaining at sea ' longer than Germany's undersea craft, a battle with which is predicted. , . . ' BRITAIN LOSES TWO MILLION TONS IN SIX. ; MONTHS. ; i . TASK BEYOND; GERMANY'S' 'POWER; : ("The Timei" Service.; ' deceived July 14, at 5,25 p.m.' LONDON, July 12. . ■ Naval correspondent of The Times estimates that 2,000,000 tons or ten per cent, of the British tonnage has been destroyed in six months, indicating that the task the Germans have undertaken is beyond their power, the declared one million torn monthly. i; ; " • CSS""SJ •' |