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By limiting the collective ranuage of aircraft carriers as rigidly as that of capital ships, the authors of the Wash- ington Nayal Treaty made it clear that in their opinion vessels of the former type are destined to play a leading rôl-[ in the sea warfare of to-morrow.
In the whole history of warship. development nothing is more remarkable than the sudden'advent and rapid evolu tion of the aircraft-carrier. This typo did not exist in agust, 1914. At that time, it is true, the British Navy had an old cruiser, the Hermes, equipped for the transport of, seaplanes, but the machines could not take off from her drek, let alone return to it after Right.
Consequently, she was not an aircraft. carrier in the proper sense of the term, Very soon, however, ships were improvis ed for this duty, the most notable being the ex-Cunard her paul thi "hush cruiser Firth, and the former Italian liner Custe Rose, which taken over on the stocks by the Ad. aniralty, redesigned #244 A funnielless aircraft-carrier, and commissioned H.M.S. Cry.
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The function of the aircraft-carrier is to serve as a floating hangar, aerodrome and workshop. Not only must she have a flight deck sufficiently large and fee from obstruction to permit machines to take off from and land thereon with res sonable safety, but also she must be steady in a seaway, and have a good turn of speed. These desiderata would appear to involve very large dimensions, yet they are said to have been satisfac- torily met in the case of the new Hermes, completed last year, though her) displacement is, only 10,050 tons.
This vessel, by the way, was the first aircraft-carrier to be designed and built as, such from the keel upward. Except- ing the Japanese Hasko, of the later date. all the other ships of this type in the British and foreign navies were originally Jesigned for some other duty."
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EDING, April 30th. We have seen the last of the Scottish League programine, and it is a tribute to the promotion and relegation system that. the interest has been maintained almost to the last. The Championship was practically decided some time ago, but it was not till last week that the victims to relegation
were decided. Rangers top the table, with Airdrieonians in second place, and Clyde and Clyde- bank go down. In the Second Division St. Johnstone of Perth are Champions, with Cowdenbeath a good second.
The best game of the week was be-
What does this signify ("Simply that Great Britain, granting the will-and the wherewithal-could serap all her exist idy carriers and build entirely new ships! up to the full limit of 185,000 tons, seeingtween Rangers and Airdrie, the Cup- that her present aircraft carrier fleet bolders, and resulted in a goalless draw consists exclusively of ships that were in Queen's Park, as the outcome of their existence or building” on the date in recent strenuous engagements, were in question,
differently represented in their last game of the season's campaign, the re- turn fixture with Ayr United, and in the circumstances did well in dividing the The point points in a goalless draw. gained enabled the Amateurs to finish higher on the tablo than their néar neigh- SEARCH FOR SIZE AND POWER
bours Third Lanark, and, all things con- Certain other navies, which were back, sidered, they are to be complimented in ward in adopting the carrier type, are
retaining their place in the Senior Divi making up for lost time by seeking to sion after a senson of unusually severe produce ships of unexampled size and competition amongst opponents of greater power. The United States is converting
experience and pussessed of other ad- the former battle cruisery Lewing for and¦ vantages. Saratoga, into aircraft-carriers di 33,000
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Naval opinion does not seem to be huge carriers of 20,000 tons or more na It would seem, therefore, that to build unanimous as to the value of the hugs the Jited States and Japan are doing. aireraft carriers. Having very little arm- our, they are dangerously exposed to gun fire: their defence against torpedo attack is probably inferior to that of battleships, and worst of all, the fight deck, which really constitutes their ration d'éire, offers a magnificent target to bombs or shells,
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