An item referred to the magazine Le Yacht dated 30 May 936 reporting that the British cabinet made Japan and the USA clear that instead of the 150.000 as was dictated by the London Naval Treaty of 1930 she intended to had 190.000 ton of destroyers in (active) service. Of the 190.000 ton was in the meantime 83.000 ton aged. The decision was a result of the number of submarines laid down since 1930 by the major naval powers which ratified the treaty.(1)
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1.The first London Naval Treaty was ratified between United Kingdom, Japan, France, Italy and the USA with as main targets limiting naval shipbuilding and regulating submarine warfare. On 27 October 1930 were the ratifications exchanged by the major naval powers. The second treaty was ratified by the participation nations on 25 March 1936, however the major naval powers Japan and Italy don’t ratify the treaty.
