Warships Now Useless, Asserts Admiral Scott. . . Famous Inventor of Big Gun Appliances Says Submarines Only Needed
London, June 5—The Times gives prominence to a letter from Admiral Sir Percy Scott, the inventor of gun carriages and various appliances for heavy gun shooting, in which he advocates the cessation of the building of battleships, in fact of all warships which are not submersible.
The Admiral says that all he has done is to enhance the value of the gun has been nullified by the advent of submarines. All other types of vessel, he says are destined to become obsolete because they will never be safe either at sea or in the harbor from attack by submersibles.
A couple of airships, aeroplanes and submarines, the Admiral says, will be as useful as big warships. He goes so far as to say that the Admiralty is now wasting the nation’s money in building ships that will not be able to fight. He urges the construction of an enormous fleet of submarines and air craft and a few fast cruisers, provided it will be possible to find a place where they will be safe in war time.
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