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MERCHANT SHIPS ARMED (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Nov. 17, 1.50 p.m.) CANBERRA, Nov. 17 Substantial expansion in the Australian naval forces since the war began was revealed by the Minister of the Army, Mr. G. A. Street. He announced the establishment of the nucleus of a formidable minesweeping and anti-submarine service and the formation of a fiotilln of examination steamers and light patrol craft. This result had been achieved by the chartering and arming of smaller types of merchant ships. Mr. Street said there had been added to the naval forces 13 mine-sweepers and anti-submarine vessels, two highspeed mine-sweepers and a storecarrier. In addition five larger ships had been armed and commissioned as armed merchant cruisers, three for the British Admiralty and two as an addition to the Australian squadron. More than 80 other merchant ships, which were still engaged in normal trade, had been defensively armed in Australia.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20097, 17 November 1939, Page 8
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153AUSTRALIAN CRAFT Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20097, 17 November 1939, Page 8
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