Highly esteemed in Britain, author of numerous books, Hector Charles Bywater of the London Daily Telegraph is a very specialized critic. He reviews no plays, no novels, no art exhibitions. Hector Bywater criticizes battleships. Last week Hector Bywater went down to sunny Devonport on special invitation from the Admiralty to take a look at H. M. S. Adventure, a 7,000-ton cruiser whose innards have been a closely guarded secret ever since her launching nine years ago. There may have been ulterior reasons for the trip. Though widely known as the last of Britain's...
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