Destroyers (British and German Programmes).

HC Deb 22 June 1910 vol 18 c331

Mr. MIDDLEMORE

asked how many of the destroyers provided for in the British and German programmes for 1909–10 had been launched and completed?

Mr. McKENNA

Of the destroyers of the British 1909–10 programme, one has been launched. The whole twenty are due for completion as follows:—Two in January, 1911; one in March, 1911; seventeen in April, 1911. Ten of the German destroyers of the 1909–10 programme have been launched, of which four have been completed.