Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-04-21 | Page 16 | British Navy Busy on Secret Type of Warship

BRITISH NAVY BUSY BUSYE E ON SECRET TYPE 4 OF WARSHIP L s ns of War ar Are Being d' d New New Applied j in in I S Ship ip Plans r 1 r V r I By Milton illon Bronner Bronner- I i. i 1 European Manager N. N E E. E A. A j i 1 LO LONDON DON April 21 in S h S 'S CI t archives of t the the British j i there is reason n to believe her ther bie re plans for a lew nw t w type of r big g. g capital fighting ship which is different nt from anything now J J f b t I Irs I i I i rs In arma armament nt t lt- lt differs in armor armor plate S 'S 1 lt It lifers differs in gun arrangements 7 t It It differs in protection from Crom t tor- tor r I V f p does and nd nd submarines r j i HOOD IS HOOD IS LAST WORD I 7 So far as the present tI types es' es are r l c concerned England is through 1 i The giant battle cruiser Hood is j England's last word In this type I Three others that were designed to tobe tobe tobe be sister vessels are not to be built i iA A A halt has been called not only for co ion S sak sake S b but t. t b because bi m th the n naval val designers designers' Want time fb ii and apply l the war war va r ft N WHAT GERMANS TAUGHT The Germans showed shO u the e world some new wrinkles Jn n naval matters Their ships had better Protection for their decks had better projectiles and had guns that could be le elevated to 30 degrees instead of ot 12 All these new new things were things were used in itt building the Hood Her lIer armor armor belt was increased from 8 S to 12 In inches hes Her barbettes from 9 to 12 13 inches She was given increased deck pro pro- She was prote protected ted from torpedoes torpedoes tor tor- b by what naval men men call a a. bulge arrangement which which- h extends all ll the length of ot her machin machinery ry and magazines She has an outer compartment compartment com corn of air and nd an tin Inner Inner- one of ot special ll strength th arranged with separate separate separate sepa sepa- rate bulkheads She could ke keep p her place In battle even if It hit by severa several torpedoes Result Is Isher her weight has been beLen Increased by tons over original l plans plaris Her lIer displacement Isnow is isnow isnow now tons with all her fuel and stores on board and she ehe Can can still make about thirty-seven thirty miles an hour flour Sh She carries carries e eight Inch fifteen guns guns' an armament ot of twelve Inch guns four antiaircraft guns and is pierced for six torpedo tubes WHITE WHITE ELEPHANT ELEPHANT- Sir Eustace dEyn dirc director tor of 01 naval construction for the admiralty recently told all about the Hood to the Institution of ot Naval Architects There w were re people who gasped at this frankness But Admiral Sir Alfred Chatfield representing the admiralty let the cat out of ot the bag when he lie said if it they they- we were going to design a new ship today c J n r. r J the Hood v i. i Tha That's ts t's the there are no three I. I sister ships to the Hood England which has hs the greatest stake in of all aU the nations i lin in the world is busy on new plans I And her experts may soon spring I upon the people something Just as revolutionary as ao the dreadnought was