The Archive · 1937

BRITISH NAVAL TONNAGE TOTALS 570,000 TONS

London, July 28.

British naval tonnage now under construction was stated ths evening in the House of Commons to amount to 570,000 tons. A further 100,000 tons have already been approved by Parliament but have not yet been put on the stocks.

The London -naval agreement ratification measure passed its final stages in the House of Lords to-day. Having already been passed by the House of Commons, ratification of the agreement now only requires the Royal assent.—Trans-Ocean.

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