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Chinese Army and Navy

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THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRU

40 A.A. SHIPS FO

Fleet Of

Convoy Defenders

At least 40 vessels, specially rearmed and equipped to engage hostile aircraft and submar- ines, will soon be available for the defence of the convoys into which the greater part of the British merchant navy would be organised in time of war.

This figure does not include eight ships spe- cially built for the same purpose.

A smaller programme of recon-ham, and Falmouth types, of 990-to struction along these lines was ap 1,105 tons, and a speed of 16 knots. proved in 1937, but progress with it As completed they carried two 4in was leisurely up to the emergency of September last year.

has been more ships conversion

or 4.7in guns and one 3in A.A gun. This armament is to be altered to six 4in and 11 smaller pieces, and machine-guns, all on A.A, mountings.

and Black

Since then the work speeded up, and many have been selected for

In addition there are eight new into A.A. and anti-submarine es-A.A. escort sloops built and building, corts. It is partly to expedite the

of the Bittern; Egret, completion of the programme that Rosyth dockyard is being reopened Swan types, which displace

1,190 to 1,250 tons and average speed of 19 knots. The contingency of submarine of these are armed with six or eight and air attack, possibly combined, 4in and five smaller A.A. guns, on merchant convoys in wartime has to be reckoned with by the naval authorities, though in the opinion of many jurists such attack would

on a limited scale.

from have an Most

MOST SERIOUS DANGER

Fourteen destroyers are being re-

be a gross violation of international built for convoy escort duty. It is law.

It is believed that the pre-probable that others will be added. sence of warships heavily armed They belong to the "y” and “y” with A.A. guns would render air types ordered during the war and on merchantmen in convoy too dan-are vessels of 1,100 to 1,120 tons, gerous and costly and operation to with a sen speed of-81′ knots. be often attempted.

The old armament of low-angle guns and torpedo tubes is to be re- placed by four modern 4in A.A. and

pompoms. two multiple

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BIG VOLUME OF FIRE

Vessels of the future convoy escort fleet include eight cruisers, equipment includes detector 14 destroyers and 18 to 20 of the depth charges, and other anti-sub- ships formerly known as sloops. marine devices. Of the cruisers the Coventry and Curlew have been in commission for some time. They will even-gramme is so heavy that it may be tually be joined by their sister necessary to call in the aid of pri- Hydraulic Brake

Besides mounting features. ships, Cairo, Calcutta, Capetown vate shipyards. Carlisle, Colombo, and Curacoa.

The work involved in

new

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tons,

this pro-

guns and rearranging ma- gazines, every converted A.A. ship Displacing 4,200 to 4,290

has to be fitted with an entirely with a speed of 39 knots, they were new system of fire control, including and predictors, to originally armed with five 6in guns. height-finders Their new armament comprises 10 make its high-angle gunnery fully

effective. 4in A.A. two, multiple pompoms, and 10 or 12 machine-guns. Each

The A.A. cruiser or sloop is con; ship can therefore deliver a very great volume of hire against air tar-sidered to be the best counter to the low-altitude bomber, which ex- gets.

perience in the Spanish war has

The sloops concerned are 18 to 20 proved to be the most serious dan«. of the Bridgewater, Hastings, Shore-ger to merchant vessels.

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