British Admiralty decided to strengthen Home Fleey according to the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf dated 23 February 1913

An item reported that the British Admiralty decided to add 8 battleships squadron to the fleet in the North Sea. According to the Daily Telegraph was the 4th battleship squadron that since the reorganisation a year earlier was stationed at Gibraltar transferred to the North Sea. In the home water were then 4 battleship squadrons 1st class available meaning complete prepared for warfare. A German newspaper wondered what the value of a naval treaty between the United Kingdom and Germany was when England stationed her strongest warships in the North Sea.