THE BRITISH NAVY
LORD JELLICOE’S ADVICE INCREASE IN VESSELS. LONDON, August 5. (Received August 6, at 7 p.m.) Lord Jellicoe, in opening the Portsmouth Navy Week aboard Victory, emphasised the need of a sufficiency of cruisers to protect the trade routes. Britain had now 50 cruisers and 150 destroyers compared with 100 and 350 respectively in 1917. Her gesture in the direction of naval reductions had remained unanswered. It was time to think of ceasing such gestures, and considering a return to safety.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22025, 7 August 1933, Page 7
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