CRUISER CONSTRUCTION
THE BRITISH CUT A DMIRALTY RELUCTANT. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, January 21. The * Daily Telegraph’s ’ naval correspondent says it is understood that the Admiralty is most reluctant to sanction the cut of six cruisers to three (which is now officially confirmed), arguing that the original programme barely compensated for the deterioration of older vessels. It will bo necessary in the course of a few years to scrap about a dozen cruisers, which will result in a sharp decline, in Britain’s relative position regarding cruiser tonnage.
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Evening Star, Issue 19772, 24 January 1928, Page 14
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87CRUISER CONSTRUCTION Evening Star, Issue 19772, 24 January 1928, Page 14
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