DOMINION WARSHIPS
SERVICE WITH DISTINCTION. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 1.25 p.m.) LONDON, March 5. Concluding his speech, which lasted an hour, Mr Alexander said New Zealand cruisers and Australian cruisers and destroyers participated with great distinction and success in operations in the Mediterranean and Middle East, in addition to the protection of important trade and military convoys. “I think the names of the Achilles, Leander, Sydney, Australia, Perth and Hobart will throughout history be bound up with the general story of achievement of the Royal Navy." The Parliamentary Secretary for the Admiralty, said thousands of ships were now carrying close range anti-air-craft armament. The Admiralty was equipping vessels as fast as, possible. Defending the use of oil instead of coal, he said the battle of the River Plate would not have been a British victory if the cruisers had not been using oil fuel.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 March 1941, Page 6
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146DOMINION WARSHIPS Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 March 1941, Page 6
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