§ Mr. AYLESasked the First Lord of the Admiralty the number of battleships at present built and proposed to be built for service in the Navy; the total capital cost incurred and to be incurred for them; and the total annual cost of maintenance both actual and prospective?
§ Mr. AMMONThere are at present no battleships authorised to be built, and it is not possible, therefore, to say what would be their prospective capital cost or cost of maintenance. The number of battleships at present built is 16; their total capital cost was £56,000,000, and the present annual cost of their maintenence £4,5:15,000.