HC Deb 01 December 1927 vol 211 cc728-31W
Mr. HORE-BELISHA

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty where each of the vessels now under construction for the Royal Navy is being completed?

Ship. Where completing.
H.M.S. "Kent" H.M. Dockyard, Chatham.
H.M.S. "Odin" H.M. Dockyard, Chatham.
H.M.S. "Suffolk" H.M. Dockyard, Portsmouth.
H.M.S. "London" H.M. Dockyard, Portsmouth.
H.M.S. "Dorsetshire" H.M. Dockyard, Portsmouth.
H.M.S. "Cornwall" H.M Dockyard, Devonport.
H.M.S. "Devonshire" H.M. Dockyard, Devonport.
H.M.S. "Berwick" (Contract Built) H.M. Dockyard, Devonport.
H.M.S. "Rodney" Undergoing final docking at Portsmouth prior to acceptance from Contractors. (Messrs. Cammell Laird, Birkenhead.)
H.M.S. "Cumberland" Vickers, Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness.
H.M.S. "Med way" Vickers, Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness.
H.M.S. "Resource" Vickers, Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness.
H.M.S. "Osiris" Vickers, Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness.
H.M.S. "Oswald" Vickers, Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness.
H.M.S. "Otus" Vickers, Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness.
H.M.S. "Shropshire" Beardmore and Company, Dalmuir, N.B.
H.M.S. "Olympus" Beardmore and Company, Dalmuir, N.B.
H.M.S. "Orpheus" Beardmore and Company, Dulmuir, N.B.
H.M.S. "Sussex" Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Ltd., Hebburn.
H.M.S. "Bridgewater" Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Ltd., Hebburn.
H.M.S. "Sandwich" Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Ltd., Hebburn.
H.M.S. "Norfolk" Fairfield Company, Glasgow.
H.M.S. "York" Palmers Company, Jarrow.
H.M.S. "Ganuet" Yarrow and Company, at Taikoo Dockyard, Hong Kong.
H.M.S. "Seamew" Yarrow and Company, at Taikoo Dockyard, Hong Kong.
H.M.S. "Peterel" Yarrow and Company, at Taikoo Dockyard, Hong Kong.

Mr. HORE-BELISHA

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he will specify what sums were spent in each of the dockyards in respect of hulls and of main and auxiliary machinery during the years 1924, 1925, and 1926?

Lieut.-Colonel HEADLAM

The amounts for dockyard labour (Vote 8, Section I), and for materials (Vote 8, Section II), supplied for dockyard work, for hulls and machinery of ships, build-

— Labour. Material. Total. Establishment charges. Total.
1924. £ £ £ £ £
Portsmouth … … 1,256,028 393,771 1,649,799 556,981 2,206,780
Devonport … … 1,294,838 514,501 1,809,339 557,717 2,367,056
Chatham … … 954,843 331,413 1,286,256 434,080 1,720,336
Sheerness … … 207,326 61,843 269,169 99,346 368,515
Malta … … 255,664 108,747 364,411 103,108 467,519
1925.
Portsmouth … … 1,359,451 449,341 1,8[...]8,792 589,257 2,398,049
Devonport … … 1,335,602 510,201 1,845,803 540,218 2,386,021
Chatham … … 1,018,778 333,037 1,351,815 452,493 1,804,308
Sheerness … … 228,638 83,781 312,419 108,088 420,507
Malta … … 359,118 148,876 507,994 143,916 651,910

Lieut.-Colonel HEADLAM

Ships under construction for the Royal Navy are completing at the following yards:

ing and repairing during the years 1924, 1925, and 1926 for the four home yards, Portsmouth, Devonport, Chatham and Sheerness, and for Malta are shown in the following statement. The relevant establishment and incidental expenses are also given.

It would not be possible without a very large amount of clerical labour to differentiate between expenditure on hulls and expenditure on machinery.

— Labour. Material. Total. Establishment charges (approx.). Total
1926. £ £ £ £ £
Portsmouth … … 1,359,744 508,538 1,868,282 591,000 2,459,282
Devonport … … 1,400,928 538,359 1,939,287 562,000 2,501,287
Chatham … … 1,041,011 330,796 1,371,807 438,000 1,809,807
Sheerness … … 230,916 72,371 303,287 99,000 402,287
Malta … … 308,749 116,359 425,108 119,000 544,108