§ 34. Mr. DAYasked the President of the Board of Trade whether any record of the number of orders that have been placed for ships, tankers, or trawlers built in Germany and/or supplied to 219 British firms during the last three years; and can he give particulars of tonnage and the approximate cost of same?
§ Mr. MOREINGBefore the President of the Board of Trade answers the question, may we have some explanation of what the question actually means, as it is entirely unintelligible.
§ Mr. THURTLEIs it not a reflection upon the Chair to say that a question which is unintelligible has been accepted?
§ Mr. SPEAKERAn unintelligible question is a reflection on everybody.
| Steam and motor ships of 100 tons gross and over shown in the returns of the Registrar General of Shipping as having been built in Germany during the years 1933, 1934, 1935 and 1936 (to date) and subsequently registered in the United Kingdom. | ||||||||
| When registered. | Vessel. | Year of Build. | Gross Tonnage. | |||||
| 1933 | … | … | … | Nil. | ||||
| 1934: | ||||||||
| September | … | … | "Nimet Allah" (motor pleasure yacht). | 1933 | 1,704 | |||
| 1935: | ||||||||
| September | … | … | "Alexia" (motor vessel) | … | … | 1935 | 8,016 | |
| July | … | … | … | "Else Rykens" (fishing vessel) | … | 1935 | 266 | |
| " | … | … | … | "Paul Rykens" (fishing vessel) | … | 1935 | 266 | |
| August | … | … | … | "Neil Mackay" (fishing vessel) | … | 1935 | 266 | |
| " | … | … | … | "Peter Hendriks" (fishing vessel) | 1935 | 266 | ||
| " | … | … | … | "Eketian" (motor vessel) | … | 1935 | 1,005 | |
| September | … | … | Steamship "Andino" | … | … | 1935 | 4,569 | |
| 1936: | ||||||||
| February | … | … | … | Steamship "Ethiopian" | … | … | 1936 | 5,424 |
| " | … | … | … | Steamship "Nigerian" | … | … | 1936 | 5,423 |
| March | … | … | … | Steamship "Guinean" | … | … | 1936 | 5,205 |