NAVAL DEFENCE
DUTCH EAST INDIES BUILDING UP A FLEET PROPOSALS IN BILL i (United Press Association) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) BATAVIA, Mar. 31. (Received Mar. 31. at 10 p.m.) The Netherlands East Indies Government has introduced a Bill in the People’s Council providing for the construction of three 27,000-ton battle cruisers, one tanker, 12 submarine chaser , two minelayers, a dry dock for handling 40,000-ton ships, and the improvement of the Sourabaya naval base. The Bill also provides for the purchase of 12 large flying boats and a large scale production of mines and depth charges. The total cost will be about £38,000,000. The cost of extending and reinforcing Sourabaya will be £5,500,000. The first battle cruiser will be commissioned in May. 1944. The Government has issued a statement in which it said that the general political situation in Europe and East Asia necessitates an increase in the naval defence of the Netherlands East Indies,, the building up of a navy which will demand a respect for Holland’s neutrality and her ability to maintain Holland’s rights in the Far East by force if necessary. The Bill will be submitted later to the Netherlands Parliament.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24261, 1 April 1940, Page 8
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