BARE NECESSITY
BRITISH CRUISERS CUT TO MINIMUM PROGRAMME FOR SIX YEARS United P.A.—By Telegraph Copyright Reed. 9.5 a.m. LONDON, Thursday. In explanation of Britain’s naval construction programme, as announced by the First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. A. V. Alexander, the Government made a statement to the effect that it has accepted 50 cruisers as meeting the peace requirements of all members of the British Commonwealth. This makes possible, after provision of the fleet and training establishments, the disposition of 22 cruisers for service abroad. Four of these belong to the Royal Australian Navy and two are maintained by New Zealand. The number remaining provides only the bare margin necessitated by large refits for the provision of reliefs. It will be necessary, in order to secure steady replacement, to spread the building of 27 cruisers over the years 1930-36, giving at least three or four a year. For this purpose three are inducted in the programme of 1930.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1021, 11 July 1930, Page 11
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158BARE NECESSITY Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1021, 11 July 1930, Page 11
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