NAVAL CONSTRUCTION, UNITED STATES AND JAPAN. (Hansard, 24 June 1926)

HC Deb 24 June 1926 vol 197 cc550-1 550

§ 71. Mr. AMMON
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty what has been the programme of naval construction in the 551 United States and Japan in each of the years 1923, 1924, and 1925?

§ Mr. BRIDGEMAN
With the hon. Member's permission, I will circulate in

	U.S.A.	JAPAN
1923–24	2 battleships.^*	2 aircraft carriers.^*
2 aircraft carriers.^*	10 cruisers.††
6 cruisers.^*	14 destroyers.^*
21 submarines.^*	15 submarines.^*
1 repair ship.^*	4 oilers.^*
1 gunboat.^*	2 torpedo depot ships.^*
2 destroyer depot ships.^*	4 river gunboats.^*
1 submarine depot ship.^*	3 minesweepers^*
1924–25	2 aircraft carriers.^*	2 aircraft carriers.^*
2 cruisers.^*	11 cruisers.^*§
10 submarines.†	14 destroyers.[...]
2 destroyer depot ships.^*	16 submarines.^*
1 submarine depot ship.^*	1 oiler.^*
		3 minesweepers.^*
1925–26	2 aircraft carriers.^*	2 aircraft carriers.^*
2 cruisers(10,000 tones).	11 cruisers.^*
4 submarines‡	11 destroyers.^*
6 river gunboats.	12 submarines ‡‡
1 submarine tender.^*	2 minesweepers.
^* Continued from previous year	† 9 Continued from previous year
‡1 continued from previous year	§ 5 continued from previous year
[...]4 Continued from previous year	¶ 8 Continued from previous year
^^ 6 continued from previous year.	‡8 Continued from previous year
‡‡15 continued from previous year

§ 72. Mr. AMMON
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he has any information showing that the Japanese Government is now building cruisers of about 7,000 tons as opposed to 10,000 tons allowed by the Washington Convention; and, approximately, what cost is thereby saved?

§ Mr. BRIDGEMAN
The Japanese Government is now building four cruisers of 7,100 tons displacement, and four of 10,000 tons displacement. The 7,100 ton cruisers were laid down before the 10,000 tons vessels, and. so far as is known, the Japanese do not contemplate laying down any further vessels of the 7,100 ton class. The cost of the 7,100 ton cruisers is estimated at from 16 to 17 million Yen, and the 10,000 ton cruisers at about 22 million Yen.