§ 8. Brigadier-General NATIONasked the First Lord of the Admiralty the number and location of graving docks and floating docks, respectively, capable of taking ships of the following classes: Hood, Nelson, Royal Sovereign, Queen Elizabeth, Renown, and Courageous?
The FIRST LORD of the ADMIRALTY (Sir Bolton Eyres Monsell)My answer is confined to docks in the British Empire. The "Hood" can be taken in 11 graving docks and 3 floating docks. The corresponding figures for the "Nelson" are 12 and 2, for the "Royal Sovereign" and the "Queen Elizabeth" 13 and 5, for the "Renown" 12 and 3, and for the "Courageous" 23 and 3. The docks are situated at Devonport, Portsmouth, Rosyth, Tilbury, Avonmouth, Belfast, Birkenhead, Liverpool, Southampton, Malta, Gibraltar, Durban, Esquimalt, Quebec, New Brunswick, Bombay, and Singapore.
§ Mr. GEORGE HALLCan the right hon. Gentleman say how many of them come under the direct control of the Admiralty?