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Show Warship Repairs, . Over and above the great Activity of the British yards In building new warships, particularly destroyers, and the construction of merchant ships, nn enormous amount of time and labor has to be devoted to repairs. In a recent re-cent speech Sir Eric Geddes said: "During one month the number of war vessels which needed repairs was nearly 1,000 that Is. In addition to the 1,100 merchant ships and that wns by no means an nbnormal month. Since the beginning of the war 81, (XX) war vessels. Including patrol craft and mine sweepers, hnve been docked or placed on th t ways, and theHe figures do not Include repair work done to the vessels of our allies." Add to this the arming of the vast fleet of British merchant vpshcIh, nnd we have some conception of the enormous enor-mous task of shipbuilding, equipping and repairing carried on by the British admiralty. |