§ MR. NIELD (Middlesex, Ealing)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether he will state the tonnage and cost of battleships completed for sea during the six years ending 31st March, 1906, by each of the five great naval Powers respectively, and the number of battleships projected at the present time by those several Powers.
§ MR. LAMBERTThe tonnage and cost of battleships completed for sea 696 during the six years in question by the five great naval Powers are as follows:—
Tonnage. | Cost. | |
Great Britain | 348,385 | 25,538,041 |
France | 44,285 | 4,086,347 |
Russia | 164,726 | 14,173,330 |
Germany | 143,122 | 13,237,105 |
United States | 110,210 | 9,611,842 |
§ The following battleships are under construction:—
Great Britain | 6 |
France | 6 |
Germany | 6 |
United States | 12 |