HC Deb 09 May 1935 vol 301 c1143W
Mr. H. STEWART

asked the resident of the Board of Trade whether he will state, in numbers of ships, tonnage, and value, the exports from the United Kingdom of merchant ships and warships, respectively, for each of the years 1905

Year. Vessels other than war vessels (new), complete. War vessels (new), complete.
Number. Gross Tonnage. Declared Value. Number. Tonnage (a). Declared Value.
£ £
1905 … … … 997 350,830 5,381,298 1 433 50,000
1906 … … … 1,197 369,849 5,844,171 2 18,533 2,800,000
1907 … … … 1,502 569,413 9,463,413 6 6,592 554,700
1908 … … … 1,213 447,341 8,687,481 8 12,632 1,879,994
1909 … … … 1,126 301,534 5,680,114 4 2,362 247,000
1910 … … … 1,045 218,990 3,875,704 11 31,420 4,894,500
1911 … … … 1,433 387,643 5,637,315 6 180 25,800
1912 … … … 1,498 377,680 6,262,162 5 5,426 765,000
1913 … … … 1,508 463,160 8,409,430 2 19,430 2,617,100
1914 … … … 1,009 363,718 6,624,169 6 3,287 308,385
1925 … … … 942 189,004 6,261,969 1 17 14,354
1926 … … … 889 149,214 4,610,679 4 60 19,300
1927 … … … 1,082 174,792 4,485,267 7 81 45,388
1928 … … … 1,087 353,377 10,755,424 6 21,130 5,143,150
1929 … … … 1,035 377,510 11,690,916 14 15,712 3,820,250
1930 … … … 1,130 655,822 19,435,016 8 5,331 707,400
1931 … … … 502 310,345 9,857,745 2 2,640 600,000
1932 … … … 472 79,889 3,388,575 1 2,400 525,000
1933 … … … 525 44,164 1,891,919 5 3,953 679,928
1934 … … … 979 38,393 1,165,019 2 4,294 597,586
(a) Gross tonnage prior to 1928 and displacement tonnage from 1928.
Notes.—(1) The above figures for 1905 to 1914 relate to exports from the British Isles as a whole; those for 1925 to 1934 relate to exports from Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
(2) The figures for 1934 are provisional.