HC Deb 22 February 1933 vol 274 cc1712-3
7. Mr. T. WILLIAMS

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty to whom the con- tracts have been given for the cruisers, leader destroyers, and sloops of the 1932 programme; what is the total value of such orders; and will he state the total value of orders given to private firms and Government dockyards, respectively?

The FIRST LORD of the ADMIRALTY (Sir Bolton Eyres Monsell)

The orders for the Shipbuilding Programme of 1932 have not yet been completely placed. Contracts for hulls and machinery, of the approximate total value of £4,500,000, have been placed with the firms shown in the list which I am circulating in the OFFICIAL REPORT. Apart from related contracts for armour, gun mountings and armament, there remain to be ordered the hull of the cruiser "Apollo," a destroyer depot ship, two sloops, three submarines and small craft. Of these ships, the "Apollo," two sloops and one submarine will be dockyard-built. The orders for them will be placed before the end of March.

Mr. WILLIAMS

Do I understand that the Government dockyards will have a fair proportion of the orders given?

Sir B. EYRES MONSELL

Yes, that is so. Because of repair work which is looming very large in the programme, the dockyards are being very well dealt with.

Mr. CHARLES WILLIAMS

Will my right hon. Friend remember that he

Cruisers.
H.M.S. Galatea … Hull and machinery … Scotts Shipbuilding Co., Greenock.
H.M.S. Phaeton … Hull and machinery … Swan, Hunter, Wallsend-on-Tyne. (Machinery by Wallsend Slipway Co.)
H.M.S. Apollo … Machinery only … Beardmore & Co., Dalmuir.
Flotilla Leader.
H.M.S. Faulknor … Hull and machinery … Yarrow & Co., Scotstoun.
Destroyers.
2. Forester and Fury … Hulls and machinery … J. S. White & Co., Cowes.
2. Fearless and Foresight … Hulls and machinery … Cammell Laird & Co., Birkenhead.
2. Foxhound and Fortune … Hulls and machinery … J. Brown & Co., Clydebank.
2. Fame and Firedrake … Hulls and machinery … Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co., Wallsend-on-Tyne. (Hulls by Vickers-Armstrongs.)
Sloops.
2. Harrier and Hussar … Hulls and machinery … J. I. Thornycroft & Co., Ltd., Southampton.