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lo send a battle fleet out abem!" of its main base, as would ho the ease under the proposals in the paper, and with the nearest naval döckyard 7,000 miles away. would he to court disaster. He could conceive a floating dock being useful at Hongkong if that had to be need..
THE SINGAPORE BASE. GRAVING AND FLOATING DOCKS,
Meetings of the Institution of Naval Architects, the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, and the North-East Coast Institution of Engineers cours (Chief Naval Constructor) having Mr W. J. Berry and Sir Eustace D'Eyn-
and Shipbulklers opened at the Tustitution | spoken, Rear Admiral C, C. Zegers Kijeer of Civil Engineers, Westrainster, où June 25th.
An important paper was contributed by Mr. S. Staples nudd Captain D. J. Munro, R.N., en advanced naval bases Mr. Staples met with a motor revident in the morning, and the paper was read¦ by the secretary, Mr. R. W. Drua.
(Permanent Secretary, Netherlands Naval Departinent) pointed out that danger of an nlvanced naval hase of the kind pro posed was that the fleet would have to defend it rather than the converse." The best defence for a fleet was the open sea and an attack on the enemy. The base ought to be able to defend” itself. “ (Ap- plaase.)-
Sir Westcott S. Abell thought a com
promise was possible between a fixed and a mobile form of base.
Rear Admiral E R. Pears said the font ing dock was a great asset to other docks. it was out of the question to think of towing one over the ocean after war had begun. One of the first things we would have to put down in connection with floating dock. As soon Singapore was as the work of constructing a base was begun, we could put in a Boating dock,
then go on with the graving dock. le did not see any advantage in a float- log dock except its mobility. A graving dock was not nearly so vulnerable
In the three naval wars fought since the introduction of stean between nations possessing frst-class navies, early in the war the same step was taken by the more enterprising of the two belligerents, of establishing an 'advanced naval base, that the fleet headquarters paight be as convenient as possible to what might be reened the centre of gravity of naval operations In the world war of 1014-15, notwithstanding the fact that the head quarters of the, two principal naval holli- gerents, were within a few hundred miles of one another, on the British side the same procedure was promptly followre
Mr. Lionel Clarke, replying in place of Fortunately for the well-being of our Mr. Staples, said that much of Britain's ungal forces in the war the Admiralty had docking accommodation at home and in Ea few years before built two floating docks the Mediterranean was useless to-day stationed at Portsmouth and Sheerness, owing to the growth of capital ships. which could lift even in damaged condi-Twice in our naval history had ships out tion any and all of the capital ships whichgrawn the docks. That pointed to the formed our first fine of defence. The ueed for floating docks.. floating dock at Portsmouth left its moor- ings on the outbreak of war for Inver- gordon Later the Melway Boating dock was moored off Jurrow, a smaller dock for destroyers being moved to Seapa. It was thus apparent that as the war pro- gressed the need for advanced naval bases became more and more urgent.
The first cost of a mobile floating base would be very considerably less than that of a permanent land construction. A large proportion of the units that would form it we already possessed, and we had still plenty of ships doomed to be scrap- ped that could easily he converted to such purposes. A floating base could be Etted out for the following sums:-Large Boating dock, E300,000; small floating dock, £30.00 Heating crane, £200,000 floating factory, 2500,000; mooring light er, £20,000; launches, etc.: 2100,000: total. £1,100,000.
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The Dominion Council of the Navy league, at its annual Convention held at Victoria (B.C.), passed a resolution ask- ing the Government to bring the aften- tion of the "Imperial Government to the uced for Singapore 4 a naval base to safeguard the security of the Empire...
MR. BRUCE ON SINGAPORE
Expuunding. in the House of Repre sentatives at Melbourne on June 27th, the new developments in the defence policy un a Bill to appropriate £2,500,000 from the specially reserved allocation from accumulated surpluses, Mr. Bruce, the Prime Minister, pointed out that Aus- tralia was still, as always, dependent for its protection on Great Britain. If Great Britan's recent pacific gesture to the world was not responded to, it conki and mast he withdrawn. The one vital ques- tion which it was not proposed to pro- vile for next year by Australia was a first-class hase in the Pacific Mr. Bruce said he' was whelming importance of this in the inter- ests of the Empire that he was satished that the Singapore decision of the British Government would be reversed.
so convinced of the over-
SIR PERCY SCOTT AGAIN.
Admiral Sir Percy Scott states:-The Admiralty wished to build docks at Singa pore to accommodate the large battle- ships which we are now builling Sanie | naval officers-gour humbleiservant among then-objected to the Admiralty proposi tion, upon the following grounds —–—–
(a) That if we were at war with Japan we could not take our fleet out to the Far East..
(b) That building the decks at Singa- pors would be wasting (probaldy) thirty millions of the British taxpayers' money."
(c) That Singapore and our overseas Dominions could, with modern weapons protect themselves of defence, well against invasion or bombardments by battleships or any other ships...
With this establishment at hand and reads, a base could he rapidly fitted up that would meet the requirements of a fleet operating at a great distance, from Exed lase, and so enable a Commander in-Chief to push his attack close to the enemy's coast-line. In the light of these fneta, should we not ask ourselves if we as a nation would be doing the right thing|| if we were to install at Singapore or else where a pekmahent base on shore, with excavated dry docks, that will take years to complete and cost a large sum of money, the greater portion of which will be spent abroad! Should we not rather provide, as a vastly less cost, the whole of which would be spent in British labour, a Boating base fully equipped, which in time of way, or threat of war, could be bodily and readily transferred to what ever port or base the General Staff might deem the best for carrying out its duties? Admiral. Niblick (UMA) said the sub- ject was one to which he had given great Consideration. The conditions in the States were very different to those in Great Britain The object of lovergordon was entirely misunderstood. The real subject of the paper was resourees at ad vanced hases. Nothing was more essen- tial to the world at large and to the Empire in particular than a naval base at Singapore. Admiral Mahon had said that the three fundamental requirements of a naval base were (1) position, (2) strength, (3) resources. The question of strength involved the defence of a naval hase, and it should be so placed that the flect had not to defend it. Having select el a base, resutirees must be moved to it, and very few defensive bases had any resources. They must be fortified. Great the relative strength, on February 1st, Britain had a great mercantile fleet to 1924. in modern light fast cruisem were draw upon, but they had had to plan a sufficient number of auxiliaries, They had given the name of the train" to those which were manned by haval zat- ings and armed. Ja Singapore we bad an ideal condition for a main base where could be stored all the requirements of the defensive hase, Singapore would be a juzia base for the fect, and he thought it was most unfortunate that there shoul
(4) That what was wanted in the East- ern seas was not hatileships but fast fight cruisers to protect our Dominion and car overseas trade.
Many naval officers consider that the day of battleships going out on the ocean to fight one another is past, that the next war will be what the last war prac tially was, destruction and protection of merchant shipping, and to meet this class of warfare fast light cruisers are required. In 1921, when we should have realised how deficient we were in this class of vessel, we started to baik battleships. As a result of this deplorable naval mistake
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Captain E Altham, R.N., agreed that a floating dock might serve the purpose of an operational base, but it was neces sary to have behind that deck a fully developed main base, with complete facili- ties for deoking, repairing and replenish if shareholders, agree, no less than ing the Elect The idea that the float £4,525,400 will be writtes of capital by ing base could prove an effective substi erducing the nominal value of the El tute for a base of the kind proposed for shares. Singapore could not be accepted, as it The first preference are
are to be cut down would fulfil only a limited number of the to 15s cach, the second preference to is. requirements of a large fleet, nu, in and the ordinary shares to Is. "As pre any event, must include artillory, sub-arnt there are 2,022,002 £ ordinary, rearice boom delences, anti-aircraft guns the nominal value of which will becomic and, perhaps, other auxiliaries for defence 2130,031,
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