THE DREADNOUGHTS OF EUROPE.
WHAT THE POWERS ARE DOING. LUNII £D PRESS ASSOCIATION COPTRIGHT] rpi T , LONDON, April 30. J ne_ telegraph ' points out. that A;ustna-Himgary as laying down in the near future three Dreadnoughts, and Italy two. The Italian Cabinet has .sanctioned the preparation of plans for three more. France in 1913 begins five.. and Germany’s squadron m the Mediterranean consisted of the Goeben, Breslau, Geir. Hertha, and \ ineta, whereto the cruisers Dresden and Strassburg will shortly be added.
The following table shows for each country the total number of battleships and battle-cruisers of the new types and of 16,000 tons or over now complete, building, or sanctioned:— Com. Ld. Bid. San. Tl. Great Britain— Battleships ... -14 6 2 4 25 Cruisers ... 6 1 0 5 Germany— Battleships ... 10 4 3 0 17 Cruisers ... 3 12 0 5 United States— Battleships ... 8 2 ~ 2 I 13 Italy— Battleships ... 1 3 22 S Austria — Battleships ... 12 11 5 FrancoBattleships ... 0 4 3 2 9 Russia— ( Battleships ... 0 4 3 3 7 Cruisers ... 0 0 0 4 4 Turkey— Battleships ... 0 0 2 Q 2 ArgentineBattleships ... 0 2 0 0 2 ChiliBattleships ... 0 0 2 0 2 BrazilBattleships ... 2 10 0 3 JapanBattleships ... 2 0 10 3 Cruisers ' ... 0 13 0 4 Total s ... 47 33 27 14 121 In this table the Australian cruiser is not counted, nor are ships of the Lord Nelson class. Of these Britain lias two, France six, Austria three, and Japan two.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 3818, 2 May 1913, Page 5
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247THE DREADNOUGHTS OF EUROPE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 3818, 2 May 1913, Page 5
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