An item dated London 5 October referred to a speech of admiral Sturdee in which he plead for the building of battleships in his opinion the major part of a battle fleet and most reliable. Secondly he thought that also cruisers were a necessity and that England should have more cruisers if any country.(1)
Note
1. Sir Frederick Charles Doveston Sturdee (Charlton, London, England 9 June 1859-Camberley, Surrey, England 7 May 1925), 1st Baronet, ended his naval career 1871-1921 in the rank of Admiral of the Fleet.