NAVAL AFFAIRS
A CRITICISM. [United Press Association.—By ElectricTelegraph.—Copyright.] (Received this day at 10 a.tn.' LONDON, Dec. 11. Captain Dewar who was concerned in the- Royal Oak Court Martial, and who recently joined Labour, furnishes an article in the “Daily Herald,” in which he urges the abolition of the battleship, battle cruiser, and giant aircraft carrier. He describes ithe last-named as a gross monstrocity, which .no country would have thought of building .had England not set the example. The real work of. trade protection in war-time was always - carried out by small cruisers and destroyer flotillas. A continual growth in size was not due to functional necessity but to unreasoning rivalry. There was no reason why the limit should be ten thousand tons. This was suggested merely because maritime Powers possessed a number. The downward scale could only be limited by the sufficiency of sea-going quality, fuel endurance, speed and gun-power, all of which are obtainable in a vessel under five thousand tons. The abolition of battleships would entail a huge contingent of economy. For example the demand for Singapore was based solely on. the maintenance of battleships.
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 December 1929, Page 5
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187NAVAL AFFAIRS Hokitika Guardian, 13 December 1929, Page 5
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