THE WORLD'S NAVIES
CHIEF POWERS COMPARED,
(Received 19th March, 10 a.m.)
LONDON.. 18th -March.
The Admiralty ' has issued an important return comparing the fleets of the British Empire with the principal foreign countries on Ist February. Omitting all obsolete vessels the figures ar e as follow :—
BRITAIN. Battleships and battle-cruisers 22 Cruisers and light-cruisers' 50 Destroyers :'. 186 Submarines 61 UNITED STATES. Battleships '. 18 Light-cruisers 25 Destroyers •. 309 Submarines 115 JAPAN. Battleships ■. 10 Cruisers 17 Destroyers 78 Submarines 44 TRANCE. Battleships 9 Cruisers U Destroyers 48 Submarines 48 ITALY. Battleships 7 Cruisers 13 Destroyers 51 Submarines .. ( ■. 43 RUSSIA. . .' . Battleships 6 Cruisers 3 Destroyers' 20
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19240319.2.28.5
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 67, 19 March 1924, Page 5
Word Count
103THE WORLD'S NAVIES Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 67, 19 March 1924, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.