Harry Fraud began interning after graduating high school in 1999.
The Naval Defence Act 1889 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom , which received the Royal Assent on 31 May 1889 to adopt formally the country 's `` two-power standard '' and increase the United Kingdom 's naval strength .. Act. Act of Parliament. Parliament of the United Kingdom. Parliament of the United Kingdom. United Kingdom. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The standard called for the Royal Navy to maintain a number of battleships at least equal to the combined strength of the next two largest navies in the world which at that point were France and Russia .. Royal Navy. Royal Navy. France. French navy#19th century revival. Russia. Russian Navy#Imperial Russian Navy. The act provided an extra # 20 million over the following four years for ten new battleships , thirty-eight new cruisers , eighteen new torpedo boats and four new fast gunboats .