HC Deb 28 April 1937 vol 323 cc322-3
28. Miss Ward

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he can now announce the allocations of the new battleships?

Sir S. Hoare

Yes, Sir. The contracts for the three battleships of the 1937 Programme, which will be named "Anson," "Jellicoe" and "Beatty," are being allocated as follow:

His Majesty's Ship "Anson."—John Brown and Company, Limited, Clydebank.

His Majesty's Ship "Jellicoe."—Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Limited, Wallsend-on-Tyne (with machinery by the Wallsend Slipway and Engineering Company, Limited).

His Majesty's Ship "Beatty."—The Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited, Govan.