The Costs of Admiralty Between the Wars
Annual Maintenance Costs
| Ship. | Standard displacement | Annual cost-of Standard maintenance including non-effective liability. |
| Tons. | £ | |
| Nelson | 33,500 | 358,390 |
| Rodney | 33,900 | 314,120 |
| Hood | 42,100 | 323,830 |
| Renown | 32,000 | 283,380 |
| Repulse | 32,000 | 283,380 |
Average cost per ton.
| Ships completed in 1913-14 and 1924–34 | ||||||
| Year of Completion. |
Battleships. | Light Cruisers and Cruisers. |
Flotilla Leaders. |
Destroyers. | Submarines. | Sloops. |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| 1913–14 | 78 | 71 | — | 108 | 132 | — |
| 1924–25 | — | 206 | 275 | 302 | 328 | — |
| 1925–26 | — | 222 | 277 | — | 404 | — |
| 1926–27 | — | — | — | — | 390 | — |
| 1927–28 | 176 | 200 | — | 259 | 316 | — |
| 1928–29 | — | 212 | — | — | 231 | 106 |
| 1929–30 | — | 199 | — | 200 | 255 | — |
| 1930–31 | — | 207 | 207 | 198 | 224 | 138 |
| 1931–32 | — | 212 | — | 201 | 287 | 158 |
| 1932–33 | — | 228 | 210 | 203 | 308 | 152 |
| 1933–34 | — | 209 | — | — | 362 | — |
| All figures are exclusive of the cost of first outfit and reserves of guns, torpedoes and ammunition. | ||||||
total sums spent on ships laid down and completed
in Government yards and private yards
during the years 1927 and 1928
The figures are exclusive of the expenditure on guns.
| TOTAL SUMS SPENT ON SHIPS LAID DOWN AND COMPLETED IN GOVERNMENT YARDS DURING 1927 AND 1928. | |||||||
| Ship. | Laid down. | Completed. | Labour. | Materials. | Contract work. | Establishment and incidental expenditure. |
Total. |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |||
| Dorsetshire | 21–9–27 | — | 116,684 | 112,577 | 552,957 | 73,494 | 855,712 |
| Suffolk | — | 24–8–27 | 399,065 | 277,548 | 1,233,467 | 226,857 | 2,136,937 |
| Oberon | — | 24–8–27 | 318,295 | 74,695 | 88,177 | 126,319 | 607,486 |
| Odin | 23–6–27 | — | 155,898 | 51,820 | 45,811 | 69,133 | 322,162 |
| Adventure | — | 5–5–27 | 452,173 | 251,845 | 364,759 | 177,413 | 1,246,190 |
| Cornwall | — | 8–5–28 | 412,267 | 275,115 | 1,269,345 | 223,830 | 2,180,557 |
| Exeter | 1–8–28 | — | 35,918 | 55,433 | 215,343 | 31,010 | 337,704 |
| Kent | — | 22–6–28 | 398,998 | 275,578 | 1,137,609 | 229,148 | 2,041,333 |
| Devonshire | — | 18–3–29 | 329,830 | 235,854 | 906,809 | 166,429 | 1,638,922 |
| London | — | 31–1–29 | 361,273 | 253,462 | 942,980 | 200,758 | 1,758,473 |
| Parthian | 30–6–28 | — | 46,745 | 25,883 | 4,316 | 23,406 | 100,350 |
| TOTAL SUMS SPENT ON SHIPS LAID DOWN AND COMPLETED IN PRIVATE YARDS DURING 1927 AND 1928. | |||||||
| Contract Built. | |||||||
| Ship. | Laid down. | Completed. | Dockyard* Labour. |
Materials. | Contract work. | Establishment and incidental expenditure. |
Total. |
| Nelson | — | 10–8–27 | 18,216 | 171,525 | 5,571,300 | 221,776 | 5,982,817 |
| Rodney | — | 10–11–27 | 15,821 | 172,103 | 5,683,982 | 229,200 | 6,101,106 |
| Berwick | — | 2–11–27 | 19,775 | 59,846 | 1,804,808 | 92,165 | 1,976,594 |
| Cumberland | — | 11–12–27 | 14,014 | 58,981 | 1,717,492 | 87,076 | 1,877,563 |
| Norfolk | 8–7–27 | — | 7,006 | 1,463 | 938,704 | 39,396 | 986,569 |
| Shropshire | 24–2–27 | — | 10,609 | 25,004 | 1,331,674 | 57,307 | 1,424,594 |
| Sussex | 1–2–27 | — | 10,867 | 36,407 | 1,570,263 | 69,568 | 1,687,105 |
| York | 16–5–27 | — | 5,303 | 1,366 | 902,690 | 37,331 | 946,690 |
| Amazon | — | 5–5–27 | 6,141 | 14,921 | 283,166 | 16,547 | 320,775 |
| Ambuscade | — | 9–4–27 | 6,085 | 15,575 | 289,567 | 17,284 | 328,511 |
| Olympus | 14–4–27 | — | 6,950 | 2,569 | 166,053 | 9,615 | 185,187 |
| Orpheus | 14–4–27 | — | 6,926 | 2,664 | 128,084 | 8,039 | 145,713 |
| Osiris | 12–5–27 | — | 6,986 | 3,029 | 242,340 | 12,697 | 266,052 |
| Oswald | 30–5–27 | — | 6,953 | 2,472 | 186,972 | 10,433 | 206,830 |
| Otus | 31–5–27 | — | 6,980 | 2,390 | 170,962 | 9,858 | 190,190 |
| Medway | 12–4–27 | — | 2,792 | 13,019 | 722,601 | 31,537 | 769,949 |
| Resource | 30–8–27 | — | 239 | 6,863 | 459,684 | 19,572 | 486,358 |
| Peterel | — | 30–11–27 | 272 | 757 | 67,937 | 3,055 | 72,021 |
| Tern | — | 21–11–27 | 243 | 869 | 59,033 | 2,659 | 62,804 |
| Ardent | 30–7–28 | — | 2,512 | 815 | 39,630 | 2,762 | 45,719 |
| Arrow | 20–8–28 | — | 2,512 | 816 | 28,749 | 2,288 | 34,365 |
| Antelope | 11–7–28 | — | 2,519 | 822 | 34,745 | 2,553 | 40,639 |
| Codrington | 20–0–28 | — | 2,516 | 816 | 51,378 | 3,277 | 57,987 |
| Acasta | 13–8–28 | — | 2,514 | 814 | 28,105 | 2,263 | 33,696 |
| Achates | 11–9–28 | — | 2,513 | 813 | 24,333 | 2,099 | 29,758 |
| Acheron | 29–10–28 | — | 2,515 | 820 | 43 | 1,039 | 4,417 |
| Active | 10–7–28 | — | 2,518 | 822 | 38,349 | 2,710 | 44,399 |
| Anthony | 30–7–28 | — | 2,515 | 817 | 61,226 | 3,706 | 68,264 |
| Pandora | 9–7–28 | — | 4,953 | 1,391 | 16,372 | 2,981 | 25,697 |
| Perseus | 2–7–28 | — | 4,953 | 1,391 | 35,773 | 3,826 | 45,943 |
| Poseidon | 5–9–28 | — | 4,953 | 1,391 | 33,472 | 3,726 | 43,542 |
| Phoenix | 23–7–28 | — | 4,952 | 1,390 | 30,060 | 3,579 | 39,981 |
| Proteus | 18–7–28 | — | 4,951 | 1,389 | 19,591 | 3,118 | 29,049 |
| Gannet | — | 6–3–28 | 808 | 1,072 | 67,529 | 3,394 | 72,803 |
| Seamew | — | 1–4–28 | 378 | 727 | 58,812 | 2,667 | 62,584 |
| Bridgewater | 6–2–28 | — | 210 | 2,178 | 66,237 | 3,052 | 71,677 |
| Sandwich | 9–2–28 | — | 280 | 3,444 | 61,887 | 3,113 | 68,724 |
| * Expenditure in H.M. Dockyards. | |||||||
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