BRITISH NAVY
TWENTY-SEVEN NEW VESSELS. ~
TO BE BUILT IMMEDIATELY. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph--Copyright.) (Recaircd tbi« dav' l-2.25. nr". V , . LONDON, August 10. • The Daily Telegraph’s naval expert amplifying the message cabled oh July ■ 22 in regal’d to British construction says-: Between now and March, bontracts are being placed, which normally would'be'spread 'over two years. These concern- the. • programmes for 1931, and.for 1932. The former was held back for eighteen months, A conservative estimate of the total expenditure is twenty million sterling. All l but a negligible fraction of this is going to be British labour and materials.'' - The -programmes include four .7000 ton : “Leimdef” cruisers, two 550 ton “Ar-etbusa” cruisers, two flotifla leaders, sixteen destroyers, eight -sloops, six submarines, two gunboats and three depot or auxiliary ships-. • " - : ' ■ '
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 August 1932, Page 6
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