One of the most potent defences against the submarine is a good lookout. If a submarine is sighted by the look-out, whether the vessel is armed or not, it is 7 to 3 on the ship getting away. But in 10 attacks when the submarine is not sighted eight ships go down. " Therefore it is 7 to 3 on the ship when the submarine is sighted and 4 to 1 against it when it is not." —Sir Eric Geddcs, First Lord of the British Admiralty.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3333, 30 January 1918, Page 40
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