§ 43. Mr. Nicholas BrownTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is the present size of the British merchant fleet.
§ Mr. David MitchellAt 30 September the numbers and deadweight tonnage of British registered merchant vessels 100 gross tonnes and over were as follows:
Number Million dead-weight tonnes All British registries of which:- 3,170 35.5 United Kingdom 2,056 7.9 Crown Dependencies1 151 4.0 Overseas Dependent Territories2 963 23.6 1 The Crown Dependencies are the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. 2 The Dependent Territories with shipping registers are Anguilla, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Montserrat, St. Helena, Turks and Caicos Islands and the British Virgin Islands.