§ Mr. MIDDLEMOREasked the First Lord of the Admiralty what percentage of the completed battleships, armoured and battle-cruisers, smaller cruisers, and destroyers in the British and German navies, respectively, were launched subsequent to the year 1904?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLsupplemented his oral answer by the following details:—
No. completed. No. launched subsequent to 1904. Percentage. Great Britain. Battleships 55 16 29 Armoured and Battle Cruisers 38 11 29 Protected Cruisers 70 8 11 Unarmoured Cruisers 5 5 100 Destroyers 171 68 40 Germany. Battleships 29 11 37 Armoured and Battle Cruisers 11 5 45 Protected Cruisers 37 12 32 Unarmoured Cruisers 6 — — Destroyers 109 71 65