HC Deb 30 March 1910 vol 15 cc1292-3
Mr. MIDDLEMORE

asked how many destroyers of the high freeboard type are now completed for the British and German navies, respectively?

Mr. McKENNA

The numbers are:—For the United Kingdom, 46; for Germany, 45.

Mr. MIDDLEMORE

Is the right hon. Gentleman quite clear about the last figure?

Mr. McKENNA

I should not have given the answer unless I was able to give him the correct one.

Mr. MIDDLEMORE

asked whether it was still intended to complete the destroyers of last year's programme by March, 1011, or whether, as was stated in the Navy Estimates, only three would be completed by the end of the financial year 1910–11, leaving seventeen to be completed in the financial year 1911–12?

Mr. McKENNA

The seventeen mentioned in the latter part of the question are due for completion, during April, 1911.