At the beginning of the year, as war broke out, Parliament increased the size of the Navy to 45,000 (the population of Britain at the time was around 9 million).
Ekuqaleni konyaka kwaqhmbuka imfazwe yaza iPalamente yandisa inani looMatiloshe ukuya kuma-45, 000 (Abantu baseBritane ngelo xesha babemalunga nezigidi ezili-9).