HC Deb 16 December 1927 vol 211 cc2660-1W
Mr. HORE-BELISHA

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty in respect of each ship built in His Majesty's Dockyards during the years 1924, 1925 and 1926, the dockyard where the main and auxiliary machinery was ordered and made?

Lieut.-Colonel HEADLAM

The information is given in the following statement:

with the comparable figures for the year 1913?

Lieut.-Colonel HEADLAM

pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 15th December, 1927; col. 2535, Vol. 211] supplied the following particulars:

Largest Submarines Built or Building and Cost.
Name. Displacement. Cost.
1913.
Tons.
Great Britain "Nautilus" (building) 1,440 £231,273.
United States of America G.3 (building) 430 £115,000 (at $4.8665 to £1).
Japan No. 15 (building) 450 Not known.
Germany U.28 (building) 750 Not known.
France "Mereide" (building) 787 £151,812 (at fr. 25 to £1).
Italy "Galileo Ferraris" (building). 344 Not known.
1927.
Great Britain X.1 (built) 2,525 £1,043,993.
United States of America V.4 (building) 2,890 $7,150,000 (estimated).
Japan 14(building) 1,970 Yen 8,000,000 (approximate estimate).
France Cruiser S/2 (building) 3,000 Fr. 66,000,000 (estimated).
Italy "Ettore-Fieramosca" (building). 1,378 Not known.