Italy may lay down new tonnage in the years 1927, 1929, and 1931, as provided in Part 3, Section II. RULES FOR SCRAPPING VESSELS OF WAR The following rules shall be observed for the scrapping of vessels of war which are to be disposed of in accordance with Articles 2 and 3. I. A vessel to be scrapped must be placed in such condition that it cannot be put to combatant use. II. This result must be finally effected in any one of the following ways: (a) Permanent sinking of the vessel; (b) Breaking the vessel up. This shall always involve the destruction or removal of all machinery, boilers and armour, and all deck, side and bottom plating; (c) Converting the vessel to target use exclusively. In such case all the provisions of paragraph III of this Part, except sub-paragraph (6), in so far as may be necessary to enable the ship to be used as a mobile target, and except sub-paragraph (7), must be previously complied with. Not more than one capital ship may be retained for this purpose at one time by any of the Contracting Powers. (d) Of the capital ships which would otherwise be scrapped under the present Treaty in or after the year 1931, France and Italy may each retain two sea-going vessels for training purposes exclusively, that is, as gunnery or torpedo schools. The two vessels retained by France shall be of the Jean Bart class, and of those retained by Italy one shall be the Dante Alighieri, the other of the Giulio Cesare class. On retaining these ships for the purpose above stated, France and Italy respectively undertake to remove and destroy their conning-towers, and not to use the said ships as vessels of war. III. (a) Subject to the special exceptions contained in Article 9, when a vessel is due for scrapping, the first stage of scrapping, which consists in rendering a ship incapable of further warlike service, shall be immediately undertaken. (b) A vessels shall be considered incapable of further warlike service when there shall have been removed and landed, or else destroyed in the ship: (1) All guns and essential portions of guns, fire-control tops and revolving parts of all barbettes and turrets; (2) All machinery for working hydraulic or electric mountings; (3) All fire-control instruments and range-finders; (4) All ammunition, explosives and mines; (5) All torpedoes, war-heads and torpedo tubes; (7) The conning tower and all side armour, or alternatively all main propelling machinery; and (8) All landing and flying-off platforms and all other aviation accessories. IV. The periods in which scrapping of vessels is to be effected are as follows: (a) In the case of vessels to be scrapped under the first paragraph of Article 2, the work of rendering the vessels incapable of further warlike service, in accordance with paragraph III of this Part, shall be completed within six months from the coming into force of the present Treaty, and the scrapping shall be finally effected within eighteen months from such coming into force. (b) In the case of vessels to be scrapped under the second and third paragraphs of Article 2, or under Article 3, the work of rendering the vessel incapable of further warlike service in accordance with paragraph III of this Part shall be commenced not later than the date of completion of its successor, and shall be finished within six months from the date of such completion. The vessel shall be finally scrapped, in accordance with paragraph II of this Part, within eighteen months from the date of completion of its successor. If, however, the completion of the new vessel be delayed, then the work of rendering the old vessel incapable of further warlike service in accordance with paragraph III of this Part shall be commenced within four years from the laying of the keel of the new vessel, and shall be finished within six months from the date on which said work was commenced, and the old vessel shall be finally scrapped in accordance with paragraph II of this Part within eighteen months from the date when the work of rendering it incapable of further warlike service was commenced. PART 3 The replacement of capital ships and aircraft carriers shall take place according to the rules in Section I and the tables in Section II of this Part. SECTION I- -RULES FOR REPLACEMENT (a) Capital ships and aircraft carriers twenty years after the date of their completion may, except as otherwise provided in Article 8 and in the tables in Section II of this Part, be replaced by new construction, but within the limits prescribed in Article 4 and Article 7. The keels of such new construction may, except as otherwise provided in Article 8 and in the tables in Section II of this Part, be laid down not earlier than seventeen years from the date of completion of the tonnage to be replaced, provided, however, that no capital ship tonnage, with the exception of the ships referred to in the third paragraph of Article 2, and the replacement tonnage specifically mentioned in Section II of this Part, shall be laid down until ten years from November 12, 1921. (b) Each of the Contracting Powers shall communicate promptly to each of the other Contracting Powers the following information: (1) The names of the capital ships and aircraft carriers to be replaced by new construction; (2) The date of governmental authorization of replacement tonnage; (3) The date of laying the keels of replacement tonnage; (4) The standard displacement in tons and metric tons of each new ship to be laid down, and the principal dimensions, namely, length at waterline, extreme beam at or below waterline, mean draft at standard displacement; (5) The date of completion of each new ship and its standard displacement in tons and metric tons, and the principal dimensions, namely, length at waterline, extreme beam at or below waterline, mean draft at standard displacement, at time of completion. (c) In case of loss or accidental destruction of capital ships or aircraft carriers, they may immediately be replaced by new construction subject to the tonnage limits prescribed in Articles 4 and 7 and in conformity with the other provisions of the present Treaty, the regular replacement program being deemed to be advanced to that extent. (d) No retained capital ships or aircraft carriers shall be reconstructed except for the purpose of providing means of defense against air and submarine attack, and subject to the following rules: The Contracting Powers may, for that purpose, equip existing tonnage with bulge or blister or anti-air attack deck protection, providing the increase of displacement thus effected does not exceed 3,000 tons (3,048 metric tons) displacement for each ship. No alterations in side armor, in calibre, number or general type of mounting of main armament shall be permitted except: (1) in the case of France and Italy, which countries within the limits allowed for bulge may increase their armor protection and the calibre of the guns now carried on their existing capital ships so as not to exceed 16 inches (406 millimetres) and (2) the British Empire shall be permitted to complete, in the case of the Renown, the alterations to armor that have already been commenced but temporarily suspended. Maine (20), Missouri (20), Virginia (17), 17 Florida (23), Utah (23), Wyoming (22). Arizona (21), Pennsylvania (21). Mississippi (21). New Mexico (21), Idaho (20). 1940. M Tennessee (20). California (20), Maryland (20). 1942 P, Q. 2 ships West Virginia class.. The United States may retain the Oregon and Illinois, for noncombatant purposes, after complying with the provisions of Part 2, III, (b). #Two West Virginia class. NOTE.-A, B, C, D, etc., represent individual capital ships of 35,000 tons standard displacement, laid down and completed in the years specified. Commonwealth (16), Agamemmon (13), King George V (13), Ajax (12), Centurion 1 33333 WW The British Empire may retain the Colossus and Collingwood for noncombatant purposes, after complying with the provisions of Part 2, III, (b). #Two 35,000-ton ships, standard displacement. NOTE.-A, B, C, D, etc., represent individual capital ships of 35,000 tons standard displacement laid down and completed in the years specified. |