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 INTRODUCTORY TABLES

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tins period, dirideu, in the ca«e of capital ships, into B 1 — Dreadnoughts, and B 2 -pie-Dreadnoughts. The figures, which applj to 1921, are official.

Battleship* HI

Total.

I A Battle Cruise. Rl

Ibj

Total.

Aireraft Car- (A.

riers (speci-

allydeaisned

as such) IB

Total.

Cruisers

Total

Light Cruisers! y

Total. Flotilla Leader* Total.

Destroyer*

Total. Submarines

Total.

U

8

lb

43-

10

IB

I *

f*

123 *•

[a

6i«

fS

«-.i

Si'

i Includes the Commonwealth ship Australia.

very extensively altered for that purpose.
 * Includes Furious. Artju/,w\ EajU. not actually designed as aiicraft carriers, hut

> Includes "3 Commonwealth rets*!*, B-Ubttnt, SyJnry, Mtlbowrnt, 1 Dominion (Canada) vessel Aurora, 1 Dominion (New Zealand) vessel Chatham.

■» Includes 1 Commonwealth ship Anzac.

5 Includes "> Commonwealth vessels.

8 Includes Commonwealth vessels and 1 Dominion (Canada) vessels.

' Includes o Commonwealth Tease's mid 2 Dominion (Canada) \ i -

8 Five of these battleships have their main turrets rem.

» Two of these cruisers have part of armament removed. i« .Minister of Marine ha* power to tell tl.est. U Ministvr of Marine has power to sell six of tlv U Minister of Murine has power to sell 14 of these

Personnel : The following figures show the number of officers and men voted for the Roval Nmty, the United States Navv, and the Imperial Japanese Navy for 1921-22, the numbers for 1914-15 being given for purposes of comparison — Great Britain, number voted 123, 7o0. This was a maximum, to be reduced to 121,700 as soon as practicable, which latter figure includes 3,250 Coastguard, 5,100 boys, and 834 cadets, none of them available for manning. United States, the number to be voted had not yet been finally approved, but would probably be the same as last year — namely, 150,800, made up of 120,000 enlisted men, 9,800 officers, "l, COO Marine officers, and 20,000 Marines (rank and file)— all available for manning. Japan, the number borne on Januaiy 19, 1921, was 76.600, made up of approximately 7,000 officers and 69,600 men, all available for manning. The figures for 1914-15 were :— Great Britain, 151,000; United States. 67,644 ; and Japan (number borne at end of 1914), 55,712.