THE SUBMARINE MENACE.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14340, 9 July 1914, Page 5

THE SUBMARINE MENACE.

DISCUSSION BY NAVAL ARCHITECTS.

Press Association.—'Telegraph —Copyright LONDON', July 8.

At the Naval Architects’ Congress at Newcastle, Sir John Piles discussed the battleship v. submarine. The former did not possess effective defence against an under-water attack. Their defence was only to lie met by the destruction of submarines or armour-plating the bottoms of the warships. The latter justified serious consideration, as it would mean a reduction of two knots in speed. LONDON, July 8. In the course of his remarks at the Naval Architects’ Congress Sir John Biles said that he had arrived at the conclusion that the submarine menace justified serious consideration of the feasibility of applying armour to the bottom of warships The effect would be to reduce the speed of battleships by (wo knots. It was for the naval officers to decide whether the gain in protection was worth the loss in speed.