CRUISER CONSTRUCTION
COST GREATLY INCREASED Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, March 8. (Received March 9, at 10 a.rn.) The modern cruisers are costing more than the pre-war dreadnoughts. The Hawkins, of 9,750 tons, cost £1,636,000. The Frobisher, which was completed in 1924, cost £2,071,000. The Effingham (unfinished) is costing £2,174,000, equivalent to £223 per ton, whereas the pre-war cruisers cost £75 per ton. 'The, Furious, of 19,100 tons, which was laid down in 1915 as a cruiser, is being transformed into an aircraft iarrier. She will carry nut her trials next week. .She cost £6,000,000. —Sydney ‘Sun’ Cable.
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Evening Star, Issue 18885, 9 March 1925, Page 5
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97CRUISER CONSTRUCTION Evening Star, Issue 18885, 9 March 1925, Page 5
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