An item referred to the magazine Schiffbau reporting that the Italian building program to replace aged ships consisted for 1923 of 2 small cruisers, 4 destroyers, 4 submarines, in 1924 similar, in 1925 of 4 destroyers and 4 submarines, in 1926 similar and in 1927 of 1 small cruiser, 4 destroyers and 4 submarines. The personnel strength was with 5.000 men increased to 45.000 men including 15.000 volunteers. The time that the sea militia had to serve was with 4 months increased to 28 months.
