British Directors of Naval Construction could be sharply critical when discussing Japanese cruisers. Stanley Goodall is singled out for especially creative descriptions of the ships. The Sea Lords' minutes and minutes of the Board of Admiralty in the National Archives preserve these exchanges. They show how British technical officials discussed Japanese construction during the 1920s and 1930s, including the tension between reported displacement and apparent characteristics.
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Where British constructors recorded their doubts about Japanese cruisers
Stanley Goodall's remarks and surviving Admiralty minutes offer a source trail for British technical assessments of Japanese cruisers.