§ 29. Brigadier-General BROOKEasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department the tonnage of new shipbuilding construction in German yards in each year since 1919, and the repair work in Dutch yards in the same period?
Mr. SAMUELWith the hon. Member's permission I will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT the in formation in the possession of the Department of Overseas Trade
§ Following is the information:
§ Germany
§ According to particulars published by the German Statistical Office, the shipbuilding construction in German private yards for the years 1919 to 1923 was as follows:
1431| Gross Totals. | For German Account | To Foreign Account | |||||
| Total | Of which merchant ships | Total | |||||
| year | 1,000 Gross Registered Tons | 1,000 Gross Registered Tons | 1,000 Gross Registered Tons | 1,000 Gross Registered Tons | |||
| 1919 | |||||||
| A* | … | … | … | 812˙7 | 771˙8 | 763˙1 | 40˙9 |
| B* | … | … | … | 155˙ | 153˙7 | 150˙8 | 1˙3 |
| 1920 | |||||||
| A* | … | … | … | 1,714˙3 | 1,572˙8 | 1,563˙8 | 141˙6 |
| B* | … | … | … | 327˙7 | 243˙ | 241˙2 | 84˙7 |
| 1921 | |||||||
| A* | … | … | … | 1,741˙1 | 1,681˙4 | 1,667˙ | 59˙6 |
| B* | … | … | … | 450˙9 | 409˙9 | 404˙7 | 40˙9 |
| 1922 | |||||||
| A* | … | … | … | 1,495˙7 | 1,393˙2 | 1,17166 | 102˙5 |
| B* | … | … | … | 742˙1 | 710˙1 | 598˙3 | 32' |
| 1923 | |||||||
| A* | … | … | … | 858˙1 | 727˙9 | 507˙4 | 130˙3 |
| B* | … | … | … | 517˙1 | 473˙1 | 380˙8 | 44 |
| *NOTE: A=—Gross Tonnage of the ships in building, namely the tonnage of the ships finished during the year and of those still under construction at the end of the year. B= Finished Ships (included in A) |
§ Corresponding information for the year 1924 is not at present available, but according to the statistics prepared by the Germanischer Lloyd the tonnage of seagoing vessels under construction in 1924 was 637,344 gross tons. This figure is stated to represent approximately 95 per cent. of the total tonnage under construction
§ Holland
§ The following information has been obtained regarding the gross registered tonnage of ships repaired in the three chief shipbuilding yards in Rotterdam from 1910 to 1924:
| Year | Total |
| 1919 | 2,530,127 |
| 1920 | 3,495,871 |
| 1921 | 3,525,637 |
| 1922 | 4,073,619 |
| 1923 | 4,606,047 |
| 192.1 | 6,273,876 |
§ It is understood that the three yards to which these figures relate are responsible for about 90 per cent. of the total tonnage repaired in Rotterdam. No complete tonnage figures for the whole of Holland are at present available