§ Mr. VERNEYasked the First Lord of the Admiralty the displacement tonnage for effective fighting ships of the navies of Great Britain, Germany, and the United States of America respectively for the years 1880, 1890, 1900, 1906, 1907, 1908, and 1909?
§ Mr. McKENNA
Great Britain. Germany. United States. 1880 … 644,388 … 145,500 … Not known 1890 … 1,119,095 … 165,064 … 120,125 1900 … 1,889,614 … 293,461 … 209,300 1906* … 1,891,397 … 441,656 … 476,276 1907 … 1,885,966 … 447,820 … 547,222 1908 … 1,934,368 … 538,714 … 629,747 1909 … 2,046,126 … 544,073 … 706,107 * From 1906 onwards, second and third class battleships, coast defence ships and sloops, gunboats, and subsidiary vessels have been omitted as not being effective fighting ships.