THE NAVY.
HAS THE LIMIT BEEN REACHED! Press Association—By Telegraph—topyriglifc. LONDON, iiy 22. ' The Times,' after examining ai official return as to tho comparative stangth of the world's! navies, summarises tte result as follows:—" Onr pre-DreadnouM vessels are becoming obsolete in greair m.rabers than thuse of foreign navies, md the balance is not being redressed fy new construction. Thus in 1910 we wor, building nine ns against twelve representing German and tho United States figuns, and in 1911 ten as compared with iifteii by these Powers. When, however, atnored cruisers are added to the battleship the figures make a better showing. iv-er-theless, we are building relatively" two ships fewer than we were building ava-n----ago. and the number should be four iWr if the colonial armored cruisers were excluded. Hence it is somewhat optimrtjc for the Chancellor of ihe Exchequer to assume that the climax in expenditure nas been readied." [ft phauid be noted that the Government have, constantly made it dear tkt they do not intend building a navy on iia two-Power standard as represented >v euch a. combination as tho United Sta*e and Gemiany. Quite recently all fo leading members of tho Cabinet have >- iterated this article of tlieir naval policj] A NAVAL DIRIGIBLE. LONDON, .May 22. (Received May 23, at 8.5 a.m.) The naval dirigible Mayfly was success fully launched at Barrow. She has "a; lifting power of seventeen balloopettes, is inflated with hydrogen, and weighs 21 tons. She can be moored upon the water during strong winds.
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Evening Star, Issue 14573, 23 May 1911, Page 6
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250THE NAVY. Evening Star, Issue 14573, 23 May 1911, Page 6
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