Uintah Basin Record | 1935-06-14 | Page 2 | Floating Fortresses

FLOATING FORTRESSES By SIR SIn BOLTON EYRES MONSELL British NaVal Expert F FEW V EW people realize the great defensive power that even our old battleships have today against air attack The battleship of ot the future will be a veritable fortress Of t defense I am conti- conti dent that battleships though not necessarily big ones will remain tho the pivots whereon all our ships will perform their historic function of ot keeping open empire communications communications and making a tremendous contribution toward the general tranquillity of ot the world by makIng making mak mak- ing lag our quarter of the globe safe