WARSHIPS FOR BRITAIN.
ORDERS TO BE PLACED. ESTIMATED COST OF £5,000,000. (Received January 31, 8.5 p.m.) A. and N.Z. LONDON, Jan. 31. It is understood that the Admiralty authorities are about to place orders with private shipyards for one flotilla leader, eight destroyers and five submarines, also for a sixth submarine to be built at the Chatham naval dockyard. The naval correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says:—"The competition has been of the keenest. There is no doubt the country will "obtain the new warships at bedrock prices. Nevertheless, the shipbuilding and associated industries will probably benefit to the extent of £5,000,000." The British Empire, from the armistice until the present day, has built or ordered only 10 destroyers and 16 submarines. The figures include contracts which are impending. The figures for other countries are as follows: —United States, 77 destroyers, 30 submarines; Japan, 69, 61; j France, 26, 54: Italy, 38, 18.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19859, 1 February 1928, Page 11
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152WARSHIPS FOR BRITAIN. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19859, 1 February 1928, Page 11
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