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Monday, 19 July 2021

Proposed strength of the Canadian navy according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1920 no. 6

An item referred to the magazine Le Yacht dated 10 July 1920 reporting that admiral Jellicoe wrote a report about the strength and organisation of the Canadian navy. He proposes 1 battle cruiser, 2 light cruisers, 6 destroyers, 4 submarines, 2 minesweepers, 1 depot ship for 18 destroyers, for each 9 destroyers a flotilla leader, 1 depot ship for each 8 submarines and for each fleet an aircraft carrier.(1)

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1. John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (5 December 1859 Southampton, Hamshire, England-20 November 1935, Kensington, London, England), retired in the rank of Admiral of the Fleet.