§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the First Lord of the Admiralty the names of the ships laid down or completed for the Admiralty in His Majesty's dockyards, stating which dockyards, and in outside yards, respectively, during the years 1924, 1925 and 1926, giving the amounts expended in each of these periods in respect of the ships specified?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANThe following statements give the hon. Member the information for which he asks:
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Ships laid down, or complete at H.M. Dockyards during the financial years 1924, 1925 and 1926, and the expenditure on them, during each of these years Ship Where built Date Expenditure Laid down Completed. 1924. 1925. 1926. 1924. £ £ £ Shikari … Doxford, completed Chatham. — April, 1924 98* — — Witch … Thronycroft, completed Devonport. — April, 1924 5,734 7 — Whitehall … Swan Hunter, completed Chatham. — Aug, 1924 33, 809 — 129 L.54 … Denny, completed Devonport. — Aug., 1924 34,832 — — Frobisher … Devonport — Sept., 1924 183, 247 275 — L.23 … Vickers, completed Chatham. — Oct., 1924 61,988 32 — L.53 … Armstrong, completed Chatham. — Jan., 1925 104, 501 149 — Broke … Thornycroft, completed Pembroke — Jan., 1925 61, 758 377 249 Suffolk … Portsmouth Sept., 1924 — 313,018 562,292 700,745 Cornwall … Devonport Oct., 1924 — 309,417 595,928 705,908 Kent … Chatham Nov., 1924 — 319,482 520,980 613,847 1,427,688 1,680,040 2,020,878 1925 Keppel … Thornycroft, completed Portsmouth and Pembroke — April, 1925 78,402 5,402 371 Effingham … Portsmouth — July, 1925 539,629 110,639 201 X.1 … Chatham — Sept., 1925 85,655 113,165 4,898 Emerald … Armstrong, completed Chatham. — Jan., 1926 171,121 344,030 11,693 L.27 … Vickers, completed Pembroke — March, 1926 103,872 313,989 38,018 London … Portsmouth Feb, 1926 — — 154,126 736,186 Devonshire … Devonport March, 1926 — — 164,594 525,130 1,014,170 1,253,661 1,316,398 1926 L.26 … Vickers, completed Portsmouth and Devonport. — Oct., 1926 2,470 56,166 60,769 * Credit