THE BRITISH FLEET
ANTI-AIRCRAFT ARMAMENT A CONSIDERABLE INCREASE LONDON, July 19. (Keceived July 19, at 8.15 p.m.) “The navy is about to double and eventually quadruple its anti-aircraft armament,” states the Daily Telegraph’s naval correspondent. “This is a tacit admission of the potency' of air attack, which is expected to be more formidable as aviation progresses. The Nelson and the Eodney carry sis 4.7-inch antiaircraft guns, and other latest battleships and cruisers four-inch guns. The battleships Warspite and Malaya are undergoing refits and will be the to have eight long-range guns, probably of new calibre and all controlled as a unit. Each will be capable of firing 80 to 100 high explosive shells per minute at a sky target to the maximum ceiling visibility. Battleships which are laid down in 1937 will each have 10 guns.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22628, 20 July 1935, Page 13
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