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Monday, 3 June 2019

Soviet Union strengthening her fleet according to the Dutch newspaper De nieuwsgier dated 13 August 1948

An item referred to the statement of admiral Yumashev chief in commander of the Soviet navy in which he said that they were building rapidly new warships and founding new naval bases. Further more he stated that the Soviet shipbuilding industry always had been independent and that she was the shipbuilding abroad dozens of years ahead. The Soviet Union also made the first icebreakers, trawlers and sea mines and her navy was also the first one used automatic moving mines, torpedo’s, minesweepers and minelayers in the warfare.