 However, at the insistence of Admiral Erich Raeder, an expansion of the navy was also approved in 1934.This included the projected construction of 8 battleships (Versailles allowed a maximum of 6), 3 aircraft carriers, 8 cruisers (Versailles permitted 6), 48 destroyers (Versailles permitted 12), and 72 submarines (completely banned by the treaty).The unprecedented size of the military budget was impossible to hide from foreign observers.