BRITISH NAVY
BUILDING PROGRAMME SUBSTANTIAL CONTRACTS [ British Official Wirelees. 1 RUGBY, Nov. 17. It was announced in the House oi Commons that in addition to two cruisers and one submarine, whose construction will be commenced at the Royal dockyards in December, it is anticipated that the following ships will be ordered from private firms by the-end of the present financial year—four cruisers, eight destroyers, three submarines, two es cort vessels, three patrol vessels, one destroyer depot ship, ten motor torpedo boats, six bomb defence vessels.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 275, 19 November 1937, Page 7
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85BRITISH NAVY Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 275, 19 November 1937, Page 7
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