FORNIBARILE FORCES ASSEMBLED

Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23260, 23 July 1945, Page 5

FORNIBARILE FORCES ASSEMBLED

3 ' ■. in Units cf Er? ever-expanding r?.-a‘ - -?s fighting Japan w.-.; ’-J to-day in a l v a naval spnkesart.’nily lifted the :.-'p surrounding ■ ■• - ii’i> . KinCi. ■ . '.oi l; and Howe. ! ,i: . rrteil ndefatig- | -triou-. Vktc’ious T. live cruisers end 12 tile British Pacific !•'. '.dmiral Sir B-uce Fraser. ; . E Ist Indi 'S Fh . ! m-ludes :■ battle-cruiser Renown. o.ported hv the French ■nelietl. With them are sa ••< :: <■' ■ and 14 destroyers. a; •• shins requiring rei'f> powerful warships 1.1 ■'■. a y-r- have now been .ome to Far Eastern is-- nt this news was made b- a British naval '.ii.i- under Admiral < ..-ni.ind ire three of the fott.' :t". ■ c; Britain's Navy. Two i- It-carriers. Indefatigable -nd Ind .mi'.-.h’.c. are sister ships, and the others are of 23,900 tons. i’w. -i. ■; East Indies Fleet, is m 32x00 ions, and 'hose of the ;i r\.ii ci."..' are of 30.000 A fi-.aiirw i.i.ivard !"tr from 'he Net th ••> F::.,.::.(i to-f'-r service ■ to ■ wrv cut huil ten ;irs of all Jiie was Inuit as a merchant ship and I:-. 1 . inverted into workshops, wit!: torn .a snacc and accommodation for ■ ' ■ "00 end a working party of 200. The third deck has roomy worksh ■’ s laid o;r over the whole Width of the ship to give every available inch of space for hwvl'ing heavy steel plates. The shin also carries special diving gear and has its own staff of divers. A message from Washington states that the U-ited States Navy now amounts to more than 5,030.000 tons. During the l-.i.ti three years 1300 new: fighting ships have been put into action, and during the next two years 223 new vc.-.-les will go into service, including two battle hips, three 45.000ton aircraft-ccrriers, and nine smaller carriers.