§ Sir H. BRITTAINasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is able to inform the House as to the number of warships, in addition to those which he recently announced had been scrapped, which are at the present moment out of use, and are available either for sale or to be broken up?
§ Sir J. CRAIGIt is assumed that the hon. Member refers to vessels of all descriptions, the property of the Admiralty, used by the Admiralty in the War for warlike purposes. On this assumption the total number of vessels, including trawlers, at the present moment out of use and available for sale is 543.