MORE SHIPS TO BE SENT
British Share of the Patrol Scheme AIRCRAFT TO CO-OPERATE (Received 13, 1.15 p.m.) LONDON, Sept.' 12. The Times naval writer 6ays that the anti-submarine agreement involves some 35 British destroyers in tlie Mediterranean, necessitating further augmentalion of the usual strength of three flotillas comprising 27 vessels, To this number foar ships havq already been added, As tho anti-piracy patrol will require four flotillas at Jeast, oue flotilla of reserve reinforcenients will be sent out from the Ho-me Fleet. Aircraft will co-operate with the destroyers, so iiicreasing thejr range of vjsion. Although the proteetion to shipping will not be absoluto, piratical sinking, liitherto involving little risk to the attackers, will become highly dangerous. If the Italians patrol the Tyrrhenian Sea, the arrangoments will bo more efficient.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 203, 13 September 1937, Page 7
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