NAVY’S PART
THE SUBMARINE MENACE
GRAVITY OF THE PROBLEM “To my mind the most serious problem to-day is the job that has to be tackled by the Navy and the Air Force; that is, the submarine,” the Governor-General, Sir Cyril Newall, said last night when addressing the Otago Division of the Navy League Sea Cadet Corps on the part played by the navy in the war. The work of the navy, Sir Cyril stated, in spite of what had been said at the beginning of the war, had undoubtedly been changed by aircraft, but the fanatical people who said that navies were finished talked just as much nonsense as those who said that aircraft were no good. “We cannot win this war without the navy,” his Excellency added. The submarine menace was very serious to-day. It was thought after the last war that it had been mastered by the convoy system, but submarines were now being produced with a greatlyincreased range and with greater endurance. The problem had not been mastered yet, but he knew of no problem the navy had not overcome. He asked them to realise the very serious problem that arose from the loss of shipping, adding that it was one which the navy would surely tackle, and the Air Force would do all it could to assist.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25142, 5 February 1943, Page 4
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221NAVY’S PART Otago Daily Times, Issue 25142, 5 February 1943, Page 4
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