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 DEFENCE

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Hospital ; Additional Civil Lord, Contracts and Dockyard business ; Parlia- nientary Secretary, Finance ; Permanent Secretary, Admiralty business.

In January, 1912, a ' War Staff' was created.

For the details of Naval expenditure see under Finance. The number of oflScers, seamen and marines provided for in the estimates for 1912-13 and 1911-12 were :—

—

1912-13

1911-12

^ea Service —

Officers and men .....

Coast Guard ......

Marines .......

Other Services {training^ d-c. ) —

Pensioners ......

Boys (training) .....

Cadets and Engineer Students.

Various .......

108,849

3,100

17,202

283 4,690 1,482

106,245

3,100

16,960

287 4,912

805 1,691

Total of all ranks

136,461

134,000

Royal Naval Reserve seamen numbered, 1st January, 1912, 20,416 ; Fleet Reserve, 24,153 ; Royal Naval Volunteers, 4,063 ; Total Reserves, 48,632.

Summary of the British Fleet.

Complete by end of

Class.

1912

1

1913

1914

Supei'-Dreadnoughts i.

6

11

16

Dreadnoughts ^. ..

14

15

15

Pre-Dreadnought battleships

40

40

40

Cruisers

51

50

50

Light Cruisers

69

73

81

Scouts 3

Torpedo gunboats

18

18

18

Sloops, gunboats, <fcc. .

17

17

23

Destroyers ....

aboil

t 208

228

248

Torpedo boats -. ..

ahou

{ 100

100

Submarines ....

abou

t 79 •

85

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1 ' Super-Dreadnoughts ' are those carrying guns of or over 13-.') inch, made between so-called Dreadnought liattleships and Dreadnought latter being simply fast battleships, now known as 'battle cruisers.' the 1913 revised official classification is followed.

!^ Including ' coastal destroyers ' and many very old torpedo boats.

3 Of these the 8 latest are also known as "liirhtly armoured cruisers.'

4 There is also an Australian Dreadnought not included in the list.

No distinction is " cruisers " — the For lesser craft.