HC Deb 02 December 1925 vol 188 cc2196-7
12. Mr. CLARRY

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the number and sizes of Admiralty ships his Department have decided to scrap in the immediate future: and whether, in inviting tenders from shipbreakers, provision is made that the ships shall only be broken up in British shipbreaking yards and that special consideration will be given to those tenders which provide for work in areas where considerable unemployment exists?

Mr. DAVIDSON

The reply to both parts of the question is in the affirmative. The ships are

3 cruisers each of 5,400 tons.
5 depot ships of 30,980 tons in all.
18 destroyers varying from 900 to 1,075 tons, with 7 submarines, 3 trawlers and 1 drifter.

Mr. CLARRY

May I have a reply to the latter part of the question?

Mr. DAVIDSON

I said that the reply to both parts of the question is in the affirmative.

Mr. CONNOLLY

Does the answer apply to broken-up material and the export thereof?

Mr. DAVIDSON

I do not think the Admiralty follow this material after it has been broken up.