BRITISH NAVY
TIME OF GREAT EXPANSION NEW DESIGNS OF WARSHIPS (Per United Press Association) WELLINGTON, Oct. 27. " Ships of war will never be ousted from the sea by aircraft. Air attack must be met in the air," said Lieu-tenant-commander L. Brooks, who arrived by the Ruanine, en route to Australia to join H.M.A.S. Cerberus. "The Navy in England is entering upon a time of great expansion," lie said, "and the shortage of junior officers has held out bright prospects for young men to-day." He thought there would bo radical changes in the appearance of warships, because of changes in design, partly needed to protect them against air attack and to enable them to carry their own aircraft. Guns were becoming smaller and liehter. but just as effective in power. The British Navy was working very hard in Spanish and Mediterranean waters, and leave wa.= very sweet when it could be obtainc J Lieutenant-commander Brooks has been serving with the Royal Sovereign He went Home with H.M.A.S. Brisbane when she left Australia in 1935 to be scrapped.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23334, 28 October 1937, Page 6
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