Show Warships U. U S. S Traded Britain Comb Seas in U-Boat U Patrol LONDON Feb 21 W-AU W ff All the destroyers which Britain obtained from the United States now are in waters around the British isles and have been mostly concerned with antis antisubmarine antisubmarine anti anti- s submarine operations it was learned authoritatively Friday Fifty destroyers were transferred transferred trans trans- under a deal for bases on British empire soil in the western western west west- ern era hemisphere but six of them went to Canada The informant would not disclose dis clo close e the results of any of the destroyers' destroyers 0 operations per a t ion S but praised the service they are giving The spokesman said hat Britain's Britain naval building pro pro- gram now is at a rate of higher tonnage than the peak period of the last war and if an ad admira admiral admiral ad- ad miral mira 1 could collect all the warships warships warships war war- ships turned out since the war started he would be sailing a anice anice anice nice sizeable fleet He said merchant ship construction construction con con- also was better than that of the last war although more more- ships of all sorts are needed What really saved the situation situation situation situa situa- tion in 1917 and 1918 he said was delivery of tons of shipping built outside Brit Brit- ain am He expressed hope of similar help in this war from the United States and the do do- minions |