£5364 Millions for Four Cruisers, Nine Destroyers aad Three Submarines: 32,009 Tons to Be Laid Down London, Mar. 13.
FTER a debate lasting several hours, the House of Commons in the wee hours of this morning passed the Naval Estimates, which total 256,550,000, representing an increase of £2,980,000 as compared with last year.
The sum provides for the building of four cruisers, of which three will be the new Minotaur and one the Arethusa types, one flotilla: leader and eight destroyers, an aircraft-carrier and three London, Mar. 12.
An important decision taken by the "Admiralty in regard to the problem of saving life from sunk-ex submarines was announced by the 'First' Lord of the Admiralty, Sir Bolton Byres-Monseti, in pr Nenting the naval estimates in the House of Commons to-day, He stated that, after the fullest consideration, the conclusion had been reached that the raising of feasible operatics most certain method, and indeed the only practical one, known of saving ite "was the Davis' supe submarines, posed to rely This conclusion had been only after the most careful inv gation of all submarine disasters! in British nnd foreign navies, and in the light of the experience gain-the United States prehensive trial First Lord of the Aduiralty that attempts were going to be made to Faiso the submarine, there would fire the power to upset the ratio of relative strength by combining with or reinforcing another great-power. be grave danger that, in spite of) fu Ferard to cruisers, he explain: their training in the uso of the ¢d that Britain was restricted. by escape sappatatus, "they might be treaty to the end of 1990 to 350,000 tempted to await the result of tons." Although permitted 677350 salvage operations instead) of sxv- tons, this year she would las down paratus, ing themselves by means of the ap- $2,000 tons in cruisers,
'Orders wore, therefore, being is-tinued' Sir Bolton, we laid down the' whole." con-"it. would, leave sued to. the effect that, salvage or- only. 19,000 new. tonnage available xanlaation for the sole, purpose of for 1056 "ud 1935, which would be tained: alvinge submarines, would not be re- quite inadequate for normal annual 'A "signal was being introduced shall have the full cruiser tonnage Progress. By the end of 1933, we which would tell the crew of a sunk. allowed, but shall be 60511. tons en submarine that surface vessels short in under-age destroyers and were precent to rescue them when 4,000 tons. short in under-age sub-gear, they came up by the Davis escape marines. 'There will be ficfeney in the total permitted ton "The Admiralty have had to face'
Replacement. Policy nage Th ithe cater, however" The First, Lord then announces said the First Lord, an important decision taken by the "that there is no. hope of saving Admiralty in regard to the problem life by salvage, anil we have come of saving Rife from sunken sul to oe decision because it 1s in the marines, All crews of submarines nel best interests of submarine person- were
Referring to. the building yro- paratus. A training tank was being the Davis' submerged. escape being trained in the use of
gramme, the First Lonl said (het used at Gosport, while one was being the total cruiser tonnage to be laid built at Hongkong and one at Malta clown this year was 32,000 tons.!
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