London Naval Treaty
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The London Naval Treaty, officially the Treaty for the Limitation and Reduction of Naval Armament, was an agreement between the United Kingdom, Japan, France, Italy, and the United States that was signed on 22 April 1930. Seeking to address issues not covered in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty, which had created tonnage limits for each nation's surface warships, the new agreement regulated submarine warfare, further controlled cruisers and destroyers, and limited naval shipbuilding.
International Treaty for the Limitation and Reduction of Naval Armament | |
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Type | Arms control |
Context | World War I |
Signed | 22 April 1930 (1930-04-22) |
Location | London |
Effective | 27 October 1930 (1930-10-27) |
Expiration | 31 December 1936 (1936-12-31) (Except for Part IV) |
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Depositary | League of Nations |
Language | English |
Ratifications were exchanged in London on 27 October 1930, and the treaty went into effect on the same day, but it was largely ineffective.[1]
The treaty was registered in League of Nations Treaty Series on 6 February 1931.[2]