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CAN GERMANY INVADE ENGLAND?

GERMANY'S NAVAL STRENGTH IN THE BALTIC AND NORTH SEA

(See Abstract of Table IIIb, p. 17.)

Line-of-Battleships 27
Armoured Cruisers 1
Protected Cruisers 7
Destroyers 36[1]

GREAT BRITAIN S NAVAL STRENGTH IN THE HOME AND IRISH WATERS

(See Abstract of Table IIIa, p. 16.)

Line-of-Battleships 51
Armoured Cruisers 26
Protected Cruisers 40
Scouts 8
Destroyers 165[1]
Total 290

From the British strength deduct 25 battleships, 13 armoured cruisers, and 20 protected cruisers (the number of small craft would in no circumstances have been

  1. 1.0 1.1 A large reserve of destroyers, torpedo-boats, and submarines will still be in the ports of both nations; but here too Great Britain will be greatly superior to Germany (see Table VI).— H. B. H.