NO NAVY FOR CANADA
ADMIRAL JELLICOE'S PLANS REJECTED
EXISTING WARSHIPS TO BE
SOLD
(By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright
Ottawa, March 22. A Government caucus decided by an overwhelming majority to refuse to accept Admiral Jellicoe's plans fv.r tho Canadian Navy. The -Government is of■fering 'the existing -warships lor sale, and is closing the naval base; at E'quimali and Halifax. Tho offer of i?hi|is from Britain is to bo refused—Aus.-N.Z. Cabl« Assn.
[Canada has no effective warships. The Niobe, a cruiser of ll.OilO tons, ljuilt in .1897-9!), and the Rainbow, a cruiser of 3GOO tons, built in 1S!)1-H.'I. are used for training purposes.; and the rest 'of tho ■ships are sloops, gunboats, etc.,. u»«l :for const patrol and survey and other work .of the kind.]
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 153, 24 March 1920, Page 7
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122NO NAVY FOR CANADA Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 153, 24 March 1920, Page 7
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