HYBRID TYPE OF BATTLE CRUISERS.
NO MORE BUILDING OF WASHINGTON DESIGN. (United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Received March 19, 10.15 a.ni.) LONDON, March 18. The “ Daily Telegraph ” understands that, irrespective of .the treaty obligations, no more Washington type cruisers like the Australia and Canberra will be constructed for the British Navy. They constitute a hybrid type, born of political expediency. They have been tried and found wanting. They are condemned by the highest naval opinion, as they reproduce, on an exaggerated scale, all the defects of the early battle-cruisers, three of which blew up at Jutland under fire from more lightly armed ships. The “ Telegraph ” recalls Sir 'William Berry’s criticism* and adds that there is no question of scrapping the present ten thousand tonners, but the type is dead. This is an encouraging sign that the Admiralty has at last broken from the artificial standards established by the Washington Treaty, and i§ now seeking to build ships adapted to the needs of the Empire.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 66, 19 March 1931, Page 1
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