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.