Chatham dockyards during Navy Week (July 31 to August 7) will see a poison-gas decontamination squad at work, At each of the three dockyards a room in a building will be made gasproof in accordance with the Home Office air raids precautions scheme. Aircraft will bomb the buildings, and after raid the inhabitants of the gasproof room will be seen emerging safely while seamen in gas-masks decontaminate the building.
r new features have been in-nto the Navy Week programme.
Visiters to Plymouth will be able to fire a miniature torpedo at a model ship. They will receive a prize lif they score a hit.
Also at Plymouth visitors will see a battle between a submarine and 2
Q ship.
Airplanes come to the rescue of the Q ship after she has been fired on by the submarine. Planes and ship eventually sink the submarine.
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