BRITISH SUBMARINES

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 188, 8 May 1944, Page 5

BRITISH SUBMARINES

Refitting For Service Against Japan LONDON, May 5. British submarines are now mustering in Far Eastern waters for a smashing blow against the vulnerable sea communications of the Japanese armies, Mates the “Evening Standard’s” naval correspondent. “Today, in a British port, more submarines are being refitted for the 7000mile voyage to Admiral Somerville’s growing underwater fleet,” the correspondent says. “Noted submarine commanders who till the past few months were the terror of Axis shipping in the Mediterranean have already joined the fleet. They have accounted for both Japanese warships and merchantmen. They form the spearhead of the navy’s attack across the Indian Ocean. “The great expanses of water in which they will operate are better suited for submarine warfare than the Mediterranean, where their patrols are always made under the eyes of enemy shore-based aircraft. “The submarine men going to the East ■will be met in the Bay of Bengal by other submarines. An important feature of the refitting of the submarines for Eastern waters is the introduction of air-condi-tioning plants. "Experts are also producing a special diet for the men serving in submarines in hot climates.”