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bardment types, redesigned to carry troops lightly equipped.  A similar type is being constructed by the Siddeley Company, having two Napier Lion engines.  These ships have been principally evolved for colonial use where troop transportation is a problem.  If this type is warranted in our service programme, we could follow suit by adapting one of our large bombardment types, with provision made in the fuselage for locating the troop load and their light field equipment, such as rifles, ammunition, food, etc.
This type is quite analogous to a large commercial multi-motored type.  If it were decided to develop this type, it might be advisable to do so as a commercial ship and to study adaptability for this use.

TORPEDO PLANES.
    The Blackburn Company and the Handley Page Company have been awarded experimental contracts on torpedo carrying machines.  The details of the latest Handley Page torpedo carrying type have not been divulged, although a Blackburn torpedo carrying type has been purchased by the U.S. Navy and is now in this country.  Specifications for the Air Ministry torpedo type haven been procured  and are included in this report.

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