HC Deb 15 February 1965 vol 706 cc149-50W
6. Mr. McMaster

asked the Secretary of State for Defence when invitations to tender will be sent out for the construction of a new aircraft carrier; and to which shipbuilding yards they will be sent.

Mr. Mayhew

Tenders to build a large warship are invited from all shipbuilders who have the necessary facilities and experience, and want to be considered. As to a new aircraft carrier, I would refer the hon. Member to the replies given to him by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence on 23rd and 30th November.

27. Mr. McMaster

asked the Secretary of State for Defence in which yards the last five aircraft carriers commissioned by the Royal Navy were built.

Mr. Mayhew

One at Cammell Laird's, Birkenhead; one at Vickers Armstrong's, Barrow; one at Swan Hunter's, Walker-on-Tyne; and two at Harland and Wolff's, Belfast.

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