An item dated London, England 4th reported that Sir Eustace Deyncourt (1) who was responsible for the British naval shipbuilding stated that battleships in the future still were able to stand against air attacks. In the First World War he had also been involved in the building of airships. He thought that the British battleships were sufficient protected against torpedoes, mines and bombs. Even when a ships was directly hit, was it still able to serve. The major issue was to construct the ships in such a manner it was able to resist great shock waves. If this was achieved were bombs of the same level of danger as torpedoes and mines. Furthermore he refused to believe that wireless control would radically change a war at sea in the future. New methods were replaced by contrary methods with a status quo as result. More important was the mechanisation of the army while sending soldiers against tanks was the same waste of lives as sending launches against battleships.
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1. Sir Eustace Henry William Tenyson d’Eyncourt 1st Baronet (1 April 1868 Hadley Housem Barnet, Hertfordshire-1 February 1951 Westminster, London, England), director of naval construction for the Royal British Navy between 1912-1924 and who since 20 February 1915 was added to the Landships Committee of British Admiralty which designed and produced the first tanks.
