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Show ENGLAND MAT BUILD SMALLER WARSHIPS VONDON, July . Th approaching doom of th battleship of th dread naught and auperdreadnaught type ha become a Hve question ia th British naval eircJa 8ir Phillip Watts, admiralty ad-miralty director- of naval construction, is credited with having designed already al-ready aa entirely new type of fighting ,hI?ei' year' naval program anticipates antici-pates th retention of the aU-big-run principle, but it is believed the hin would b considerably smaller in displacement. dis-placement. averaging between 17,000 and lrO00 tons. - ' It is expected that this new type will be superior to th present battleship battle-ship ia fighting ia shallow watera and through the fact that it will aot otSar ouch a fine target for the enemy a tbe dreadaaught now in eommiaaioa. |