NAVAL PROBLEM
BATTLESHIP v. SUBMARINE AND AIRCRAFT. (By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright.) LONDON. December 16. Lord Ampthill presided over a debate at the United Service Institute as to whether the present type of battleship performed its function. Admiral Mark Kerr opposed and Viscount Curzon defended the retention battleThe former argued that command of the sea had passed from the battleship owing to its vulnerability from submarines and aircraft. The new type of capital ship must be chiefly aircraft carriers. Viscount Curzon declared that it could not be proved that battleships were destructible by underwater or air attacks. Anyhow Admiral Kerr’s suggested aircraft carriers would be even more vulnerable to such attacks than battleships. Lord Ampthill, in summing up, said he thought the sense of the meeting was that the more weighty argument favoured the retention of battleships. As this view was not challenged, no vote was taken.
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Southland Times, Issue 19125, 18 December 1923, Page 5
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146NAVAL PROBLEM Southland Times, Issue 19125, 18 December 1923, Page 5
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