§ Mr. MIDDLEMOREasked whether, in the years 1905-6 to 1909-10, 49 British torpedo-boat destroyers have been provided for as compared with the German 54; and whether only four of the British total have 1153 been completed for sea as compared with the German total of 30?
§ Mr. McKENNAThe reply is in the affirmative. It should be added that for Great Britain during the period named 36 so-called coastal torpedo-boat destroyers—now termed first-class torpedo-boats—were also ordered, of which 30 have been delivered.