Additional Eight Submarines Also Approved Paris, July 20.
Government orders for two speedy cruisers and eight submarines were passed by the Navy Minister, M. Cesare Campinchi, today.
The cruisers will each have a standard displacement of.8,000 tons, Will be named the Chateau Renault and Guichen, and will be built on the lines of the Degrasse which is already under construction.
They will be mounted with three gun turrets and will possess powerful anti-aircraft defences, Maximum speed will be in excess of 32 knots.
The eight submarines will each displace 800 tons. These ships will be named the Artemis, Hermione, Gorgone, Armide, Clorinde and Corneille. The two other names have not as yet been announced.—Havas.
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