FOREWARNED BUT NOT FOREARMED
ADMIRAL SIR PERCY SCOTT'S MiyELATIONS. London, October 2!).Tn his hook on the Navy, Admiral Sir Percy Scott says lie visited Kiel in 1005, and "saw evidence that the Germans contemplated using lomr-rango fire, so that the shells would hit the decks of the enemy ins}cn<l of tlia side armour. Admiral •Telficoe assisted in experiments with a view to mooting this.damrer, but failure to obtain money caused t!io experiinents to bo abandoned. I,lie result ■was seen at .Tu.tland, when British bailiecruisers were'hit on the decks and blow up! Tie declares that "battleships are dead" owing to their vulnerability attack 'by aircraft and submarines. Tho future is with (be aeroplane.-Ans.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 33, 3 November 1919, Page 5
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114FOREWARNED BUT NOT FOREARMED Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 33, 3 November 1919, Page 5
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