BRITISH WARSHIPS PASS SECRET MESSAGES. — There are times when signalling between ships of the Royal Navy is impracticable as it may give information to the. enemy. In these cases a written message is sent by shooting a line from one ship to another. The illustration shows a communication being passed by line from a destroyer to a cruiser while both ships remain under way.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLI, Issue 22202, 20 February 1942, Page 3
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64BRITISH WARSHIPS PASS SECRET MESSAGES.—There are times when signalling between ships of the Royal Navy is impracticable as it may give information to the. enemy. In these cases a written message is sent by shooting a line from one ship to another. The illustration shows a communication being passed by line from a destroyer to a cruiser while both ships remain under way. Timaru Herald, Volume CLI, Issue 22202, 20 February 1942, Page 3
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