BRITISH PROGRAMME
EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
COSTLY WARSHIPS TO BUILD
Australian Press Association.
LONDON, 13th February. Commenting on tho two new British 10,000-ton cruisers, the "Daily Telegraph's" naval writer says that there is good reason to believe that Britain would not have built lnore of these costly warships but for the action of other Powers. Britain at preseut has built eleven, and Australia two. The Umpire, with the two at present being laid down, will eventually have fifteen heavy cruisers, compared with America's twenty-three. Japan has eight and France and Italy six each.
It is improbable that much progress will be made with the new ships before the end of the current financial year. Certainly they will not be ready for service until the spring or summer of 1932. These ships belong to the 1928 programme. Tho Navy estimates for 1929 provide for three more cruisers— ono of 10,000 tons and two of 8400 tons.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 36, 14 February 1929, Page 11
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153BRITISH PROGRAMME Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 36, 14 February 1929, Page 11
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