MODERN CRUISERS
COSTS COMPARED STATEMENT BY ADMIRALTY CHIEF. Received May 20, 9 p.m. (A.P.A.-Sun) LONDON, May 20. In the House of Commons the Hon. W. C. Bridgeman (First Lord of the Admiralty) in reply to a question, said tho approximate cost of a 10,000-ton cruiser armed with eight-inch guns was £2,240,000, the annual maintenance being £215,000. A 6000-ton cruiser armed with sixinch guns would cost £1,150,000, he said, and the annual maintenance would be £15.0,000.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19846, 21 May 1927, Page 7
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