Mr. WEST RUSSELLasked the First Lord of the Admiralty the amount of the provision made for new construction in the Navy Estimates in 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, and 1914; and each year since 1920?
Mr. ALEXANDERThe provision for new construction for each of the years mentioned was as follows:
Year. £ 1910 … … … 14,957,430 1911 … … … 17,566,877 1912 … … … 17,271,317 1913 … … … 17,451,834 1914 … … … 18,656,690 1920 … … … 5,861,673 1921 … … … 5,887,850 1922 … … … 3,239,900 1923 … … … 6,051,724 1924 … … … 6,978,566 1925 … … … 7,235,737 1926 … … … 9,083,693 1927 … … … 9,983,446 1928 … … … 9,629,857 1929 … … … 8,621,626
— British Empire. Japan. United States of America. August, 1914. December, 1929. August, 1914. December, 1929. August, 1914. December, 1929. Tons.* Tons.† Tons. Tons.† Tons. Tons.† Battleships … … 1,200,535 556,350 260,480 301,320 529,796 525,850 Cruisers … … 770,750 327,111 235,365 232,855 272,244 106,001 Aircraft Carriers‡ … … — 115,350 — 61,270 — 76,286 Destroyers§ … … 144,753 157,585 20,334 110,395 35,099 307,155 Torpedo Boats … … 17,906 — 3,539 — 3,223 — Submarines … … 26,382 45,534 2,364 66,068 8,041 80,700 2,160,326 1,201,930 522,082 771,908 848,403 1,095,992 * "Navy List" displacements. † "Standard" displacements, except for capital ships which are in "Navy List" displacement. ‡ Excluding Seaplane Carriers. § Including Flotilla Leaders.