THE WORLD’S DREADNOUGHTS.
A statement lias been issued by Mr Alan Burgoyne, M.P , a wellknown naval writer, showing the strength of the various fleets of the world in ships of the Dreadnought type. He supplies a summary which shows at a glance the position on March 31st last and on Match 31st of next year. The figure given first applies in each case to this year Empire, 28, 33 ; Germany, 17, 21 ; France, 8, 10 ; U.S.A., 9, 12 ; Japan, 5, 6 ; Russia, nil, 4 ; Italy 3, 4 ; Austria, 2, 4 ; Brazil, 2,2 ; Spain, 1,2; Turkey, nil, 2 ; Argentina, nil, 2 ; Chili, nil, 1 ; Greece, ail, nil, Mr Bnrgoyne confesses that the figures are only approximate, “the totals in each year being exaggerated if the past tendency to delay be accepted as a probable criterion of progress.’’ Germany planned to have 28 units by the summer ot 1917 and Britain 46, including the Australia.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1316, 27 October 1914, Page 4
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153THE WORLD’S DREADNOUGHTS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1316, 27 October 1914, Page 4
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