NAVY’S MOSQUITO FLEET
ANTI-SUBMARINE PATROL 180 VESSELS PROPOSED (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 2.20 p.m. RUGBY, Aug. 2. The addition of 180 anti-submarine and patrol vessels to the navy as a part of the 1939 programme at a cost of about £11,000,000 for which a supplementary estimate will be required, was announced in the House of Commons to-day. The additions include 107 trawlers for mine-sweeping and anti-sub-marine duties, of which 20 will be specially .built for the purpose and 87 will be purchased and converted. It is also proposed l to construct 56 vessels of the whale-catcher type—some for service as patrol vessels and some for anti-submarine duties —10 mine-sweepers, six boom defence vessels and one cable ship. A floating dock to accommodate small craft up to 5000 -tons will also be purchased. Further additions are in contemplation, details of which will be announced as .soon as possible.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20007, 4 August 1939, Page 11
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147NAVY’S MOSQUITO FLEET Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20007, 4 August 1939, Page 11
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