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.
