HC Deb 07 November 1934 vol 293 cc1055-6W
Sir R. ASKE

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the tonnage and value of naval shipbuilding constructed under Admiralty orders on the Tyne and Clyde and at Barrow, respectively, in the years 1913, 1923 and 1933?

Sir B. EYRES MONSELL

I understand the question to refer to the contracts placed under the programmes of New Construction for the years mentioned. There was no contract programme for the year 1923. The tonnages placed under the 1913 and 1933 programmes are approximately as follow:

— Tyne. Clyde. Barrow.
1913 … 41,000 33,000 28,000
1933 … *10,200 20,000 4,430

The values are approximately as follow:—

— Tyne. Clyde. Barrow.
£ £ £
1913 … 3,450,000 2,130,000 1,440,000
1933 … 770,000 2,710,000 †1,130,000
* Includes "Minotaur" for which the machinery is to be made at Barrow.
† Includes the value of the machinery for "Minotaur."