The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1913. THE NAVAL AIR SERVICE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 23, 27 September 1913, Page 4

The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1913. THE NAVAL AIR SERVICE.

I Some very important developments are at present taking place" in the organisation. of the British naval air service, and though the Admiralty are handicapped by delay on the part of the manufacturers, the organisation of the stations round the coast is proceeding rapidly. A month ago the cruiser Hermes, left for a two months' cruise during which she spends some ' 'lays at each of the points selected as uir bases. After a week at. Scapa Flow, which will probably, it is stated, in future he hoth an aeroplane and a seaplane base, she went to Cromarty, where :i station is already in commission. After Cromarty Peterhead was visited, where a silo to the north of thai port has been chosen as a base to comamnd the entrance to the Moray Kirth. The site selected is a loch about a mile in length and not more than a quarter of a mile from the sea. from which it is concealed by bents, nmking if an ideal place for the purpose, The other points of call are Dundee, which is already a submarine base; Qucensferry, where the Admiralty have already one flying station, and they are about to acquire land for another on the opposite side of the l'"( i-tli; Scarborough, Grimsby, which is to he both an airship and a seaplane station, and then Yarmouth. Harwich,! and Sheerness, each of which has already a station in commission. Work is proceeding on the big airship sta'i:;o on the Medwav, near Rochester.