§ MR. ARNOLD-FORSTER (Belfast, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty how many ships for the Royal Navy have been commenced in the Dockyards or elsewhere since 1st September, 1892; and what are the names, class, tonnage, and date of commencement of such ships respectively?
SIR U. KAY-SHUTTLEWORTHSince the 1st September last year the following ships have been commenced:—1 battleship; 3 second class cruisers; 2 sloops; 5 torpedo gunboats; and 2 torpedo boat destroyers. I shall be happy to give my hon. Friend the other particulars for which he asks; but it 417 would take too long to include them in an answer to a question.