British Town Class Cruisers Quotes

“The aim was to maintain a level of industry profitability – and hence capacity – by avoiding bids being submitted at ruinous prices and sharing out orders amongst companies in the group.The arrangement worked well in ensuring the survival of skills and infrastructure whilst orders were scarce but appears to have resulted in a degree of profiteering when construction boomed with rearmament.”
― Conrad Waters, British Town Class Cruisers: Design, Development & Performance: Southampton & Belfast Classes

“Interestingly, firms also had to state whether or not they subscribed to the King’s Roll of Employers, a scheme established after the First World War to secure employment for disabled ex-servicemen.”
― Conrad Waters, British Town Class Cruisers: Design, Development & Performance: Southampton & Belfast Classes

“The requirement to accommodate the full complement required for simultaneous manning of the whole armament that had been introduced with the improved Leanders was maintained. It was acknowledged that this might mean that ‘… a lesser standard of comfort must be accepted’.”
― Conrad Waters, British Town Class Cruisers: Design, Development & Performance: Southampton & Belfast Classes