HC Deb 23 March 1914 vol 60 c52W
Mr. GODFREY COLLINS

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the number of ships of the "Dreadnought" type Great Britain will have in Home waters on 1st April, 1914, and the number of similar ships Germany possesses, ready or in commission, on the same date?

Mr. CHURCHILL

On the assumption that no changes take place in the present disposition of and arrangements for ships, the numbers are as follows:—Great Britain, twenty-five "Dreadnoughts" and "Lord Nelsons"; Germany, fourteen "Dreadnoughts."