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N.S.W. i R Nell Vslfotd RESEARCH THE NAVY fly iff7. tain substantial naval forces and maritime air units. by revision of research, repair and refit programme*, Britain must make her contribution, though it will by limiting maintenance costs of the Fleet, by reduc- have to be on a somewhat reduced scale." ing the numbers of industrial and non-industrial Dealing with situations not involving total war, civilian personnel, by closing certain establishments, the White Paper states: and by a further rundown of the level of reserves "On account of its mobility, the Royal Navy, of material in anticipation of lower requirements of together with the Royal Marines, provides an effec- the Fleet of the future. tive means of bringing power rapidly to bear in The Navy vote is £316 million — £32,840,000 peacetime emergencies or limited hostilities. In less than in 1956-57. modern conditions the role of the aircraft carrier, Increases in costs of materials, transport, salaries which is in effect a mobile air station, becomes and wages, building construction and a higher scale increasingly significant." of expenditure in conncction with N.A.T.O. mean, The new policy sounds the end of the cruiser as however, that the reduction in spending on other we now know it and, of course, the end of the services is more drastic than would appear. battleship. The total manpower of all Services is to be The active cruiser strength (eight in commis- reduced from the present combined strength of sion) is to be reduced and finally replaced by the about 690,000 to approximately 375,000 by the three "Tiger" class now under construction. end of 1962. There will be no further call - up Of the Royal Navy's five battleships, all in ui.Jcr the National Service Acts after the end of reserve, four are to be scrapped, leaving only thc 1960. Vanguard. which has been allocated to N A T O. The White Paper announces the formation of a The whole of the Reserve Fleet is to be reduced, central reserve, to be maintained in the British but kept at "a rather higher state of readiness." Isles and possessing "the means of rapid mobility," The ships not required will be scrapped or sold. including the transport resources of the Royal Air Big cuts are to be made in manpower, in expendi- Forccs, supplemented, when necessary, by Naval ture on new construction of both ships and aircraft. and other vessels and suitable civil aircraft. VOL. 20 JULY, 1957 No. 7 through. Even if it were only a dozen, they could * with metagon bombs inflict widespread devastation I "This makes it more than ever clear that the J THE NEW ROYAL NAVY over-riding consideration in all military planning , must be to prevent war rather than to prepare for J Two articles in this issue of "The Navy" (pages it .