45. Sir HOWELL DAVIESasked the Prime Minister what is the total tonnage 2065 of the Austro-Hungarian navy; what arrangements have been carried into effect for the destruction of war vessels and for the distribution of serviceable war vessels; and to what countries the latter have been distributed?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the ADMIRALTY (Mr. Amery)I have been asked to reply to this question. The Austro-Hungarian navy no longer exists as such. Both Austria and Hungary have four small patrol vessels, each vessel being about 173 tons displacement. An Inter-Allied Committee was set up to supervise the execution of the Peace Treaties so far as they relate to the distribution and destruction of ex-enemy vessels, including the ex-Austro-Hungarian fleet. With the exception of the eight vessels already mentioned, the ex-Austro-Hungarian fleet has been distributed among the following: Great Britain, France, Italy, Greece, Rumania, Portugal, Jugo-Slavia, Danube Commission.