Torpedo and Patrol Boats

HC Deb 04 April 1951 vol 486 c199

40. Miss Ward

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty how many new motor torpedo boats or fast patrol boats have been built and commissioned since the end of the war.

Mr. Callaghan

Twenty-four.

Miss Ward

Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the Admiralty were unwise to sell these types of boat, in view of the fact that we have such a small number of them?

Mr. Callaghan

No, Sir.