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 DEFENCE

55

demobilization leave) were in the middle of November, 1919: officers, 15,000; men, 147,000 ; total, 162,000.

Summary of the British Fleet.

N.B. — The pre-Dreadnought battleships have been removed from the lists, as well as three of the early Dreadnoughts. All the other classes have been reduced. The class of armoured cruisers is now extinct.

Complsted by end of

Class.

1910

1920

1921

Dreadnoughts

42

42

39

Pre-Dreadnought battleship*

SI

8

—

Armoured Crnisers

34

—

—

89

1 "°

SO

Destroyers ....

about

340

I

190

First Class Torpedo boats.

about

96



»

Submarines ....

about

147

1

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1 Owing to the sweeping reductions which were in progress in these classes of vessels, it was impossible to gire any useful figures. Id the 19*21 column 24 powerful flotilla leaders are included in the total of 190 destroyers.

There were 37 monitors in 1919, but all have been removed from the lee*) as fighting units, and only four have been retained for training and dep6t purposes. Two new classes of river gunboats have been added (640 and 98 tons), 12 of each class.

In the following tables the ships are grouped in classes according to type. The dates of the Naval Estimates under which they were sanctioned are given.

Battleships and Battle-Cruisers (Dreadnought Type).

Note. — The eight battleships first named are to be transferred to the disposal list.

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Name

tl

Armour

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2

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Main Armament i £.•£


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1906- fBellerophon

Temeraire.

17 "U

Superb

1907- I St. Vincent 190$ \Collingwood

Tons inches inches

600 11 12 10 12in. ; 12 4in. .

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1 18,i

} 19,250 9} II 10 12in. ; 12 4in.

23,000

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