THE BRITISH NAVY.
Lord Nort&brOOk'B Scheme to Increase its Strength and KfflcicnCy.
(BY UAiitE—(JoH-MOHT..)
{deceived December 3-12:49.) London, December 2. In the HOuso of Lords today, Lord Nbrthbrodk, first Lord of the Admiralty made his promised statement as to the measures which ho proposed to adapt with1 4 View td increasing the strength dnd elfibiencj' of thb imperial Navy; liis LordJ ship stated that Gdvernment were determined to maiiitain the h&val suprettiacy of Ehglund. She now pdssesses 4(i ironcladsj while France', the next Naval Po^-orj has 31. in vie* of the constant progress of thb naval service; the Government tvisbed to increase the.na^y gradtially, and for the present only inteitded tb con^trlicfc four new ironclads, but a nutnbor Of torpedo vessels would bo built without delay. :'
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Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 4528, 3 December 1884, Page 2
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