HC Deb 10 April 1907 vol 172 cc196-8
MR. REES (Montgomery Boroughs)

To ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether he will state, in parallel columns, for each year from 1st January, 1889, to 31st December, 1906, the number of battleships, coast defence vessels, armoured cruisers, protected cruisers, and destroyers laid down, and the number struck off the list of efficient ships, together with the sum total of each class laid down and struck off during the seventeen years, such period being more or less the life of an armoured vessel.

(Answered by Mr. Edmund Robertson.) The information desired is given in the accompanying table:—

Year. Battleships. Coast Defence Ships. Armoured Cruisers. Protected Cruisers. Torpedo Boat Destroyers. Total
Numbers. Numbers. Numbers. Numbers. Numbers. Numbers.
Laid down Struck off. Laid down. Struck off Laid down. Struck off. Laid down Struck off Laid down. Struck off. Laid down. Struck off.
1889 3 — — — — — 25 — — — 28 —
1890 5 — — — — — 11 — — — 16 —
1891 2 — — — — — 4 — — — 6 —
1892 — — — — — — 2 — 4 — 6 —
1893 2 1 — — — — 2 — 6 — 10 1
1894 6 — — 2 — 1 8 — 32 — 46 3
1895 2 — — — — — 6 — 12 — 20 —
1896 2 — — 1 — — 14 4 35 — 51 5
1897 4 — — — — — 6 — 1 — 11 —
1898 4 — — — 4 — 1 — 6 .— 15 —
1899 7 — — 1 7 1 — 4 16 — 30 6
1900 1 3 — 3 3 6 1 4 2 — 7 16
1901 2 7 — 6 6 1 1 5 1 2 10 21
1902 6 — — — 6 — 1 — 15 — 28 —
1903 1 1 — 3 3 — 3 1 4 — 11 5
1904 3 — — — 3 5 — 24 15 3 21 32
1905 3 10 — 1 3 5 — 17 2 1 8 34
1906 1 2 — — 3 — — — 4 — 8 2
Totals 54 24 — 17 38 19 85 59 155 6 332 125