ARMING OF SHIPS
ACTION BY AUSTRALIA ASSISTANCE FOR NAVY (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) MELBOURNE, Sept. 26 The arming of merchant ships, both for defensive purposes and as armed merchant cruisers, has been in progress since the outbreak of the war, says a bulletin issued by the Australian Navy Board to-day. Merchant vessels will assist the Australian cruisers in the defence of trade routes, and naval ratings have already sailed overseas as gun crews in defensively-equipped merchant vessels.
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20920, 27 September 1939, Page 7
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78ARMING OF SHIPS Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20920, 27 September 1939, Page 7
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