"DREADNOUGHT" TYPES IN 1912 AND 1915.
| 1912 | 1915 | |
| British Empire | 20 | 38 |
| Germany | 11 | 21 |
| United States | 8 | 14 |
| Japan | 4 | 8 |
| Brazil | 3 | 4 |
| Argentine Republic | ... | 2 |
| Chili | ... | 2 |
Note.—All the South American "Dreadnoughts" are open to some doubt, though Brazil has three vessels of the type actually in the water. Battleships and cruisers of the "Dreadnought" type are included in the above table. It has been computed on the presumption that there will be no change in the 1912 naval programmes. The United States, the British Empire and Japan, are stronger in battleships of the pre-Dreadnought period than is Germany. Russia is ignored, for she has no present intention of restoring her Pacific naval Power. Germany is included because of her future position as the second naval Power of the world, and her possible appearance in the Pacific as the ally of one or other of the Powers established there now.
The following additional table deals not merely with warships of the "Dreadnought" type, but with the effective tonnage, i.e. the tonnage of ships of all classes of the three greatest naval Powers:—
"EFFECTIVE TONNAGE" IN 1912 AND 1913-14.
| 1912 | 1913-14 | |||
| British Empire | 1,896,149 | 2,324,579 | ||
| United States | 757,711 | 885,066 | ||
| Germany | 749,699 | 1,087,399 |