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Rapid Itaiian Naval Construction NEW DESTROYERS LAID DOWN
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(Eeeeived 13, 8.45 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 12. Italy kas laid down np f ewer tkan 20 new submarines since Deeember, says tke Daily Telegraph 's naval correspondent. Tkey are being constructed with great rapidity. Italy already po3sesses 88 completed submarines, compared with Britain 'b 72, France 's 88, tke United States' 97, and Japan's 02. Itaiian submarine production kas averaged a boat every montk, a figure no other country kas approached Twenty-eigkt new destroyers have been begun during tke present year, also a group of motor torpedo boats with speeds between 45 and 50 knots per kour.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 17, 13 October 1937, Page 5
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