New Naval Construction

New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 49, 31 May 1940, Page 4

New Naval Construction

These tables are based on information published in the 1940 edition of the French Naval Annual, "Flottes de Combat.’ The years of completion are those anticipated before the outbreak of war. Warships of the Royal Australian Navy are included,

REMARKS (a) 2 battleships, 4 heavy cruisers, 4 submarines, 10 mine-sweepers had not been ordered before the outbreak of war, and are not included. (b) No account is taken of a very large number of small craft, such as motor torpedo-boats, trawlers, whalers, drifters, etc., building, ordered, or projected before the outbreak of war, totalling over 100 vessels. (c) On outbreak of war British shipyards were building:-10 destroyers, 4 submarines 2 small mine-layers, 20 to 24 motor torpedo-boats to the order of foreign governments. On the plea of war emergency, these vessels could be requisitioned and added to the British Navy.

No, of ships Total tonnage for Class in Class Class Class Battleship ea | King George V. ~ 70,000 Aircraft-carrier Sawa Illustrious 69,000 Light cruiser ee Dido ~ . 38,150 Destroyer 6 Lightning ~ 10,140 Submarine o> Peiton = . 8,720 Escort vessel 23 Black Swan, Hunt, Parramatta 21,680 Patro! vessel mets Guillemot ~ 1,585 Depot ship = ee Tyne, Hecla ~ 22,000 54 ships 241,275 tons

DUE FOR COMPLETION IN 1940

Battleship Aircraft-carrier Heavy cruiser Light cruiser Destroyer Escort vessel Mine-sweeper Depot ship Mine-layer 3 Duke of York ~ 2 Indomitable, Implacable 5 Fiji 3 Cleopatra 20 Laforey, Napier, Milne, Tribal 3 Erne, Warrego 10 Bangor’ Adamant, Unicorn Abdiel ships ISl an 105,000 46,000 40,000 16,350 48,875 3,600 ? 27,000 10,600 297,425 tons

DUE FOR COMPLETION IN 1941

Battleship ase Lion ~ 80,000 Aircraft-carrier eee | Indefatigable = 23,000 Heavy cruiser 4 Ceylon ° « ° = 32,000 7 ships 135,000 tons

DUE FOR COMPLETION IN 1942