Fleets (the British Empire and foreign countries). Particulars of the fleets of the British Empire, United States of America, Japan, France, Italy, Soviet Union, and Germany, on the 1st day of December, 1929, distinguishing, both built and building, battleships, battle cruisers, cruisers, cruiser minelayers, armoured coast defence vessels and monitors, aircraft carriers, flotilla leaders, destroyers, torpedo boats, submarines, sloops, coastal motor boats, gunboats and despatch vessels, river gunboats, and minesweepers [electronic resource].