BIG SHIP CONTROVERSY.
♦ GERMAN ADMIRAL'S VIEWS. i A. and N.Z. NEW YORK. Jan. la The Weimar correspondent of th* Chicago Tribune interviewed Admiral von Scheer, ex-commander of the German High Sea Fleet, on the present tendency of naval construction. The admiral said that the proposals throughout the world to abandon the building of capital ships in favour of submarines was not wise. It was true that the submarines must be developed to the utmost, since the destruction of the enemy triide afforded ] a hitherto undreamed defence; but a I great fleet of Dreadnoughts was also needed to safeguard coastlines and the submarine bases. ' Each weapon had its ; uses, and each nation had its own coast- ■ line problems, and each must adopt the individual programme that was most | suitable. The great lesson learned from the war was that the nations that, owned I submarines were practically secure I against invasion by sea; but the subI marines had not killed the capital ship.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIVIII, Issue 17684, 20 January 1921, Page 7
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BIG SHIP CONTROVERSY.
New Zealand Herald, Volume LIVIII, Issue 17684, 20 January 1921, Page 7
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