NOVEL PROPOSAL
■» — FULL ILLUMINATION OF SEA CONVOYS f IN ORDER TO FOIL U-BOATS MIGHT SAVE MANY A SHIPACCORDING TO AMERICAN ADMIRAL. (By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright) (Received This Day, 12.25 p.m.) , NEW YORK, January 20. A full illumination of Allied convoys at nighty as a defence against U-boats, is suggested by Admiral Yates Stirling. The Germans appear to have given up daylight attacks on convoys as too dangerous. They now attack at night, in packs. “At night a submarine usually attacks when on the surface, and then crash dives,” Admiral Stirling asid. “I believe the best defence would be the full illumination of a convoy, so that U-boats could be seen by the escort vessels before torpedoes were fired. Merchant ships would burn running lights and could manoeuvre'with safety. Warships would constantly sweep the sea with powerful searchlights. This would be a radical departure from ; \ jthil old method of running in complete •> darkness, but it might save many a ship.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 January 1943, Page 4
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159NOVEL PROPOSAL Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 January 1943, Page 4
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