NAVAL DEFENCE.
ADDITIONS TO BRITISH NAVY. ALLOCATION OF CRUISERS. (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, Feb. 8. The First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr W. C. Bridgeman, in a written answer to questions in the House of Commons, states that the provision in the naval estimates is based on the ordering ot two new cruisers in February and March. Arrangements for these are proceeding. One cruiser will lie allocated to Portsmouth Dockyard, one cruiser and two sloops to Devonporl, one submarine and one depot ship to Chatham, and the remaining ships built by contract.
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Waikato Times, Volume 105, Issue 17632, 9 February 1929, Page 7
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