28. Miss Wardasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he can now announce the allocations of the new battleships?
§ Sir S. HoareYes, 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.