"Spiv" wrote in message
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Britian also started arming itself for
war ten years before the war.

Nonsense. Britain scrapped WW1 destroyers not long before the war.

Correction Britain scrapped a handful of elderly destroyers as
they were replaced by more modern ships, these were mostly
ships built before or during the early part of WW1 which were simply
clapped out and too small to useful

Destroyer building in the 10 years before Sept 3 1939 produced
the following ships

The 20 ships of the A&B classes entered service in 1930-31
14 C&D's arrived in 1932-33
18 E&F's were built 1934-1935
18 G&H's were built between 1936 and 1937
9 of I class were built 1937-1938
16 Tribals were built between 1938 and 1939
16 J&K's were built in 1939

In addition some 12 ships of the 1916 R & S classes
and 58 of the 1917 V&W class remained in service at
the outbreak of war

Keith