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Army and Navy Journal reporting that the Brazilian cabinet presented the Senate a shipbuilding program which if it was approved was the largest program in South America. It consisted of 6-13.000 ton battleships in general resembling the British 11.8000 ton battleship HMS Triumph. Furthermore 3-9.500 armoured cruisers of the Russian Bayan-type, 6-400 ton destroyers, 6-300 ton torpedo boats, 6-50 ton torpedo boats, 3 submarines and 1-6.000 tons transport.