The Prime Minister, speaking at Hid complimentary dinner tendered to, him by the Wellington, Chamber of Commerce on Saturday, stated that during the war, 21 vessels trading to New Zealand had been sunk by enemy ships, and he emphasised the fact that the one .class of ships of which we were short ax that ' time was fast well armed cruisers, specially designed for protecting our trade routes. It was for that kind of work, he added, .that such vessels as H.M.S. 'Chatham and the oil-burning cruiser which was to succeed her were intended. They were not meant to fight battleships.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16212, 24 August 1923, Page 3
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