A
news item dated Madrid
15 July published the intentions of the cabinet to increase the Spanish fleet.
The proposal was to extend the fleet in the coming 10 years with a budget of
1,877,000,000 peseta’s. However the cabinet didn’t want to
neglect the international agreements dealing with disarmament. The building
included 3 cruisers of the so-called Washington
type of each 10,000 tons, 12 submarines, 2 tankers and 3 destroyers. There was
also a gunpowder plant and a torpedo plant to be found and the activities would
start immediately. The newspaper Het Vaderland evening edition dated 15
July confirmed this item adding that the destroyers were of the Churroco type.
Also the newspaper Het Centrum dated 16 July confirmed the item.
