DEFENCE FROM AIR
QUADRUPLED STRENGTH BRITISH NAVAL INCREASE * - POTENCY OF AEROPLANES TACIT ADMISSION MADE By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 7.15 p.m. London, July 19. The British Navy is about to double and eventually to quadruple its antiaircraft armament, states the Daily Telegraph’s naval correspondent, Mr. Hector Bywater. This Is a tacit admission of the potency of air attack, which is expected to be more formidable as aviation progresses. The battleships Nelson and Rodney will carry six 4.7-inch anti-aircraft guns and the other latest Battleships and cruisers will carry four-inch guns. The battleships Warspite and Malaya, which are undergoing refits, will be the first to have eight long-range guns, which will probably be of a new calibre. All will be controlled as a unit. Each will be capable of firing from 80 to 100 high explosive shells a minute at a sky target to the maximum- ceiling of visibility. , ,• T The battleships which will be laid down in 1937 will each have 16 guns.
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Taranaki Daily News, 20 July 1935, Page 7
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162DEFENCE FROM AIR Taranaki Daily News, 20 July 1935, Page 7
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