§ Mr. Amessasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give the number of ships under British registry during each of the past five years.
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§ Mr. David MitchellThe number of ships of 100 gross registered tons and above under the British registry at the mid-point of each of the past five years is as follows:
1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 United Kingdom 2,754 2,503 2,386 2,298 2,173 Crown Dependencies1 72 67 82 80 83 Dependent Territories2 641 729 788 864 963 Totals 3,467 3,299 3,256 3,242 3,219 1 The Crown Dependencies are the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. 2 The Dependent Territories are Anguilla, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Montserrat, St. Helena, Turks and Caicos Islands and the British Virgin Islands.