FOOTNOTES:[20]Included in these two figures are eight scouts—small cruisers—which were laid down in 1902 and 1903.[21]The cruisers of 1912-14 were designated "light armoured cruisers."[22]These thirty-six craft are small destroyers, and were built as such.[23]No programme of British cruisers or torpedo craft announced.The forty-three British battleships exclude the two Colonial vessels—AustraliaandNew Zealand—and the battleship given by the Federated Malay States, and ordered early in 1913. With these the number of Dreadnought vessels is increased to forty-six.
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[20]Included in these two figures are eight scouts—small cruisers—which were laid down in 1902 and 1903.
[20]Included in these two figures are eight scouts—small cruisers—which were laid down in 1902 and 1903.
[21]The cruisers of 1912-14 were designated "light armoured cruisers."
[21]The cruisers of 1912-14 were designated "light armoured cruisers."
[22]These thirty-six craft are small destroyers, and were built as such.
[22]These thirty-six craft are small destroyers, and were built as such.
[23]No programme of British cruisers or torpedo craft announced.The forty-three British battleships exclude the two Colonial vessels—AustraliaandNew Zealand—and the battleship given by the Federated Malay States, and ordered early in 1913. With these the number of Dreadnought vessels is increased to forty-six.
[23]No programme of British cruisers or torpedo craft announced.
The forty-three British battleships exclude the two Colonial vessels—AustraliaandNew Zealand—and the battleship given by the Federated Malay States, and ordered early in 1913. With these the number of Dreadnought vessels is increased to forty-six.
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