Chapter XI: Appendix: II

British and German Shipbuilding Programmes.

The following table shows the British and German ships laid down between 1897 and 1914 and the programmes of subsequent years--the British figures for 1915-18 being based on the Admiralty forecast, and the German on the latest German Fleet Law:

+-------------------+----------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ | | Great Britain. | Germany. | | +------+---------+---------+-----------+-------+------+---------+---------+-----------+ | |Battle|Armoured |Protected|Destroyers.|Torpedo|Battle|Armoured |Protected|Destroyers.| | |ships.|Cruisers.|Cruisers.| |Boats. |ships.|Cruisers.|Cruisers.| | +-------------------+------+---------+---------+-----------+-------+------+---------+---------+-----------+ | {1897-1898| 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | -- | 1 | -- | -- | -- | | {1898-1899| 7 | 8 | 1 | 12 | -- | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |Mixed {1899-1900| 2 | 2 | 1 | -- | 2 | 3 | -- | 2 | 6 | |armament {1900-1901| 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | -- | 2 | 6 | |period {1901-1902| 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | | {1902-1903| 2 | 2 | 6[20]| 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | | {1903-1904| 5 | 4 | 4[20]| 15 | -- | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | | {1904-1905| 2 | 3 | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | | {1905-1906| -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | | +------+---------+---------+-----------+-------+------+---------+---------+-----------+ | Totals | 27 | 35 | 18 | 57 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 20 | 48 | | +------+---------+---------+-----------+-------+------+---------+---------+-----------+ | {1905-1906| 4 | -- | -- | 6 | 12[21]| -- | -- | -- | -- | | {1906-1907| 3 | -- | -- | 2 | 12[21]| 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |Dread- {1907-1908| 3 | -- | 1 | 5 | 12[21]| 3 | -- | 2 | 12 | |nought {1908-1909| 2 | -- | 6 | 16 | -- | 4 | -- | 2 | 12 | |period {1909-1910| 8 | -- | 6 | 20 | -- | 4 | -- | 2 | 12 | | {1910-1911| 5 | -- | 5 | 20 | -- | 4 | -- | 2 | 12 | | {1911-1912| 5 | -- | 4 | 20 | -- | 4 | -- | 2 | 12 | | {1912-1913| 4 | -- | 8[22]| 20 | -- | 2 | -- | 2 | 12 | | {1913-1914| 5 | -- | 8 | 16 | -- | 3 | -- | 2 | 12 | | {1914-1915| 4 | -- | 4 | 12 | -- | 2 | -- | 2 | 12 | | +------+---------+---------+-----------+-------+------+---------+---------+-----------+ | {1915-1916| 4 | -- | --[23]| --[23]| --[23]| 2 | -- | 2 | 12 | | {1916-1917| 4 | -- | --[23]| --[23]| --[23]| 3 | -- | 2 | 12 | | {1917-1918| 4 | -- | --[23]| --[23]| --[23]| 2 | -- | 2 | 12 | | +------+---------+---------+-----------+-------+------+---------+---------+-----------+ |Totals authorised | | | | | | | | | | | (1905-1914) | | | | | | | | | | | (Dreadnought | | | | | | | | | | | period) | 43 | -- | 42 | 137 | 36 | 28 | 1 | 18 | 108 | +-------------------+------+---------+---------+-----------+-------+------+---------+---------+-----------+

As is explained elsewhere, Germany has remained faithful to the policy outlined in the Memorandum, but by successive Navy Acts she greatly increased the means for giving effect to it--one legislative measure succeeding another in quick succession, always making an increase in the naval establishment.

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote 20: Included in these two figures are eight scouts--small cruisers--which were laid down in 1902 and 1903.]

[Footnote 21: The cruisers of 1912-14 were designated "light armoured cruisers."]

[Footnote 22: These thirty-six craft are small destroyers, and were built as such.]

[Footnote 23: No programme of British cruisers or torpedo craft announced.

The forty-three British battleships exclude the two Colonial vessels--_Australia_ and _New 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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