LONG RANGE GUNS.
WHERE BRITAIN FAILED. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, Oct. 29. Admiral Sir Percy Scott says that he visited Kiel in 1905 and saw evidence that the Germans contemplated longrange firing by which means their shells would hit the deck instead of the side armour. Lord Jellieoe assisted in experiments with the view of meeting this danger. Failure to obtain money caused the experiments to be'abandoned, and the result was seen at Jutland, when the British battle-cruisers hit on the decks blew up. Admiral Scott declared that battleships were dead, owing to their vulnerability from aircraft and submarines. The future is witli the aeroplane. Aero-plane-carrying ships, which arc utilisabje in peace time as merchantmen, should replace battleships.
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Taranaki Daily News, 3 November 1919, Page 5
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118LONG RANGE GUNS. Taranaki Daily News, 3 November 1919, Page 5
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