NAVAL ARMAMENT.
FRANCE BUILDS A NEW FLEET. (By Electbic Telegraph—Copvbight.i (Peb Pbess Association.) Received Feb. 9, 8.40 a.m. PARIS, Feb. 3. The French Cabinet approved of the Navy Bill providing for a battle fleet in Home waters of 28 battleships, 10 cruisers, and 52 destroyers. The submarine defence fleet comprises 94 submarines and four mine-laying vessels. The construction will be shortly commenced of six battleships to be complated by 1915. The ago of battleships on active .service is fixed at 25 years, cruisers 20 years, destroyers and submarines 17 years.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9137, 9 February 1910, Page 5
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90NAVAL ARMAMENT. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9137, 9 February 1910, Page 5
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