An item referred to the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad reporting that the Civil Lord of the British Admiralty Arthur Lee (1) in his speech at Gosport said that the war in East Asia (2) forced the British to change their needs of warships. The Admiralty was preparing to built at Portsmouth, England a warship larger ever be built and with the highest maximum speed as possible. The design was a result of the lessons from the war. To use these lessons in a profitable manner in the shipbuilding ordered the Admiralty to stop temporarily the building of other ships.
Notes
1. Arthur Hamilton Lee, 1st Viscount Lee of Fareham (8 November 1868 Birdport, Dorset, England-21 July 1947 Avening, Gloucesthershire, England), Civil Lord of the Admiralty 1903-1905 and First Lord of the Admiralty 1921-1922
2. This must be the war between Russia and Japan 8 February 1904-5 September 1905.
3. This must be the HMS Dreadnought laid down at the Portsmouth Dockyard on 2 October 1905
