From
London arrived the tiding that the British
government was informed by the American government that the latter intended
torpedo boats with a total tonnage of 19,000 ton not to decommission with as
result that the age limit set by the naval treaty of London for these vessels was exceeded. The
reason for this decision was not known but perhaps related to an announcement
of Hoare that England wouldn’t decommission 5
cruisers which reached the age limit.(1)
Note
1.
Samuel John Guney Hoara, 1st Viscount
Temple wood (24 February
1880-7 May 1959) a British conservative politician who became in 1936 First
Lord of the Admiralty and who was responsible for the ordering to build the
first 3 units of the King Gorge V-class battleships.
