NAVAL CONSTRUCTION
BRITAIN’S PROGRAMME. TOTAL COST ABOUT £9,000,000. [British Official Wireless.) Rugby, Juno 25. Mr Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty, announced in the House of Commons the Government’s naval construction programme for 1930 as follows:— Three cruisers, all of the 6-incli gun type. One flotilla of destroyers, comprising one leader and eight destroyers. Three submarines. Four sloops. One net-layer and target-towing vessel. Supplementary estimates, said Mr Alexander, would be introduced for a small sum required to be spent in this financial year on these vessels. These ships were required to replace others which would have passed the age limit to enable the Royal Navy to carry out its current duties in time of peace. The programme had no relation to thorn of other Powers. Mr Alexander added that the total cost annrnsimately. would be about £9,000,000.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XX, Issue 161, 27 June 1930, Page 8
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