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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 17r, 1992.

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FROM

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'ON OF ABOUT

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AIR FORCE VERSUS NAVY.

STATEMENT BY LORD LAVE.

In the House of Lords on March 30th the Marquis of Linlithgow asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether his attention hall been drawn to the statements made in the House of Commons on March 21st, ia the coarse of which it was alleged that it is already proved that one bomb can sink the most powerful battleship in a few minutes"; and whether the Admiralty holds the view (1) that the post-Jutland capital ship would be defenceless against the under- water explosion of bomba dropped by air- craft, and (2) that the recent developments in aircraft and in the methods of attack from the air häid substantially reduced the fighting value of the capital ship. If the statement made by the Secretary for Air, he said, was accepted it must radically affect the whole naval policy of the country, The public were entitled to a clear sol definite statement on the subject. He ask ed the First Lord of the Admiralty to give some defaite information as to the view taken by the Admiralty experts of experi inents which had been carried out.

Lord Lee said that if he were to follow the Ministerial custom which prevailed in the House of Commons he might reply briefly, but at the same time with complete accuracy, by saying that his attentinu had been called to the statement referred to by the noble marquis, and that the answer to the first and second question was in the negative. He thought, however, that, in view of statements which had been made in Parliament and in the Press, he should make some reply by way of exposing the absurdity of some of the claims that had been advanced. If the statement referred to were true the maintenance, and still more the building of capital ships would be quite inexcusable, and the naval staffs of the great Powers would be qulp- able in the highest degree. The statement that one bomb can sink the most powerful battleship in a few miles was Instal solely on experiments in America last year. Those experiments were carried out under ronditions which were totally from war conditions.

The ship was stationary, unt there was no defence, either active or passive, on the part of the ship. The weather conditions were ilen. There had not been any experiment in America or elsewhere against a modern capital ship properly defeuding itself, not To only by action at Ly movement. deduce this tremendous conclusion from experiments on an old Gennan battleship like the Ostfriesland was stretching the case too far. The ship was bit on the first day thirteen times with bombs of from 250[h. to I to 500lb, and she was rendered unseaworthy, Next day she received three hits by 1,000. bombe, and, fically, two 1,000lb. Limbs were dropped alongside, and the ship eventually sank. She had no special underwater prue tention of any kind. She would have been an equally easy prey to our forpedo ay a very moderate amount of gun-fire. Th oficial report on the experiment de res that the battleship is still the buck- bone of the fleet, the bulwark of the nation's sea deferice,. The aeroplanë, like the submarine destroyer and mine, has added to the danger to which the battleship is

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exposed, but has not made the battleship SHANGHAI OFFICE- obsolete." A 4000lb. bomir, ten feet dis tance from the ship and exploding at the right depth, was only equivalent to a bomb of 2016. exploding in actual contact with the side of the ship. It would actually take a Bomb of 8,000lb. bursting ten feet from the side of the ship to equal the affect of ene torpedo explodel in eontact with the ship. When he saw General Groves writing

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in the Times series of articles stating that we are a world Power; it would be a that a 4000lb. bomb dropped thirty yards sad day for the British Fleet when it was home waters within range of from a modern battleship would be confined destructive, he would only remind their bombing craft operating from shore bases. lordships that the effect of that bomb would As to attack from aircraft carriers, his not be more than the explosion of 3h of explosive in actual contact with the side of the ship.

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BATTLESHIP EXPERIMENTR,

lordship said that no aircraft carrier, either actual, projected, or permitted by the naval treaty at Washington, could carry these hige bobing machines, and even if they couk, the machines could not possibly return and land on the other ship. Unless

doing nothing, the pictures drawn in cer tain quarters did not give them any acute apprehension. As a matter of fact, they were hopeful that by the development of gun-fre alone it might be possible to make warships in the near future practically im- une against air attack of any sort or description.

INDO-CHINA

STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED.

SAILINGS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION

"LOKSANG" Wednesday, 17th May, 10 a

HAIPHONG của BỞI HOW

SHANGHAI TA STATU

HOLHOW & BANGKOK MANILA....

BANGKOK via SWATOW.. TIENTSIN

SHANGHAL SWATOW STRAITS & VALUL ILA SANDAKAN

"CHOYSANG"

...Friday,"

LEESANG

...Friday.

"YUENSANG"

...Friday.

"KWAISANG

"CHIPSRING"

Tuesday,

TINGSANG

FOOKSANG"

19th May

Noon

19th May

10 am

19th May,

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23rd May, 10

Tuesday Wed May, Noom

Wednesday, 28th May,

Noo

Wednesday, 24th May, 3pm.

HINSANG ...Friday, 2nd June, Noon

CALOUTTA LINS:- Thin Line afforda" regular sailings to Calcutta, Penang a

ngore; returning from Calcutta steamers proceed via Elenda and Hongkong ta Japan, occasionally calling at Shanghal All steamors, baru ercellent passenger accommodation, stted Betric Light and fans and carry a' fully-qualified

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approximately every three days between Canton and

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Food and through Bill of Lading are urged t

MANILA

be

and Yang baso Forts via Shangha

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LINK-A wocky service in maintained with Manils by rewadia with good

gassenger accommodation, sailings from both park overy Friday. HAIPHONG LINE-Slings approximately weekly for passengers, and cargo

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Lightly sailings to and from Saadakan by two 1,000 to

atsamery L.

HINSANG" and a HAUSANG" both steame having excellent passenger accommodation: Largo taken through

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TIENTSIMELINE:-

As air attack developed so did the method of defence, and, while it would not be in the public interest to give details, heit was assumed that the Navy would be might say that large experiments had taken place and were still in progress, and they had male it quite clear that the new designs of ships which it was proposed to construct would certainly be immane not only from lirect hits by bombs of the size suggested, but also from this very potent "near miss of which so much had bren made. It was technically and practically Simultaneously they were making "much possible to protect the bottom of a ship from further advances in the air of a very far- any bomb dropped by aircraft. He had reaching and aggressive character, carried out from aeroplane carriers, which were seen references to the damage which would be done by a 4,000lb.-bomb bursting 100 going to play a most vital part in the fleet of the future. So far from its being yards from a ship. The effect of a 4,000lb. bomb bursting 100 yards from true that the Naval and the Admiralty a ship would be equivalent to the were seeking to stifle and discourage the explosion of 202., to doz. of explosive in development of the Air Service in con- contact with the ship itselt. Many of nection with the Navy, they were convinced the statements that had been made wire of its vital importance, and had been fantastic rubbish, and only valenlated to continuously pressing for more progress in undermine the confidence in the Navy with this connection. It was also a fast which out excuse of justification. The Admiralty could not be denied that the Naval was far was in no way indifferent or unalive to the ahead of any other navy in the world in possible development of air attack on ships connection with the development of the air at sea, and they were devoting a great service. The statement read by the noble deal of time to experiments to elucidate Marquis accusing the Admiralty of seeking. to crush the development of the air service At present the battleship bell its own, was entirely unjustified andiu direct confict not only for the reasons he had given, with the facts. He greatly regretted" und. but because of the neccessary inaceiracy dopreated that, there should be any coo. under exisiting conditions of attack from troversy between the two great services, but air; attack upon warships by heavy it had been rather forced upon him. He bombs from aircraft was only possible from haped he had succeeded in exploding soma of shore base, and, therefore, was really the more extravagant and fantastic claims only applicable to coast defence. The which had been advanced. The capital extreme range of these great bombing craft ship remained practically unchallenged as was under 300 miles, and the inaccuracy the ultimate basis of sea power, a conclusion of their fire was great, even for coast upon which the experts and governments of defence purposes, that it could not be almost all the other great naval countries regarded as a menace which would prevent had unanimously agreed; a conclusion a modern fleet from attaching a shore which was confirmed at the Washington objective. In any case, operations close to Conference. It was to-day the considered the shore were very minor functions of the opinion, both of the Naval Staff and of the British Fleet, whose principal duty was to Board of Admiralty that defence against control our far flung trade routes Most aircraft, as far as capital ships were cons assuredly our naval policy still recognised cerned, was still keeping fully abreast of

(Continued 'at foot of next column.). attack, whether by aircraft or submarines. t

the matter.

regular service is run

CALCUTTA

LINE

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3.5. "TOOKSANG" will be despatched on or about Wednesday. 24th May, at 3 p.m., for SINGAPORE, PENANG

& CALCUTTA,

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GENERAL MANAGERS.

GLEN

AND

SHIRE

Joint Service of Steamers..

U.K.-STRAITS. CHINA & JAPAN SERVICE.

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