None South African financed dreadnought for England according to the Dutch newspaper Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië dated 3 April 1909

An item dated Pretoria 2 April 1909 referred the procurator-General general De Villiers (1) in the parliament of Transvaal to the proposal that South Africa would give England a dreadnought. He thought the best gift to England an united colony was and which made clear that in case of an European war England supported with all efforts.

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1. Daniel Johannes de Villiers (3 November 1883 Flicksburg, Orange Freestate-1 June 1933 The Hague, Netherlands). Attorney and auctioneer. In 1929 appointed as the first representative for South Africa in the Netherlands.