HC Deb 04 February 1937 vol 319 cc1793-4W
Mr. W. John Stewart

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he will

District. Total Tonnage. Builders. Classes of Vessels.
Scottish … 65,562 John Brown & Co., Ltd., Clydebank. 1 Submarine Depot Ship.
1 Cruiser.
2 Destroyers.
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd., Govan. 1 Cruiser.
2 Destroyers.
Ailsa Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., Troon 1 Minesweeper.
1 Surveying Ship.
Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd., Greenock. 1 Cruiser.
2 Destroyers.
2 Submarines.
Henry Robb & Co., Leith 1 Trawler.
Ardrossan Dockyard Co. 1 Special Service Vessel.
Yarrow & Co., Ltd., Scotstoun 2 Destroyers.
1 Patrol Vessel.
Alex Stephen & Sons, Govan 2 Destroyers.
Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton 1 Coastal Minelayer.
2 Destroyers.
Wm. Hamilton & Co., Port Glasgow 1 Minesweeper.
Fleming and Ferguson, Paisley 2 Tugs.
North Western … 89,313 Cammell, Laird & Co., Ltd., Birkenhead. 1 Capital Ship.
1 Aircraft Carrier.
1 Flotilla Leader.
2 Submarines.
Lytham Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd., Lytham, Lancs. 1 Boom Working Vessel.
Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness. 1 Aircraft Carrier.
6 Submarines.
North Eastern … 110,805 Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd., Walker-on-Tyne. 1 Capital Ship.
2 Cruisers.
1 Aircraft Carrier.
4 Destroyers.
Hawthorn, Leslie & Co., Ltd., Hebburn-on-Tyne. 1 Cruiser.
2 Destroyers.
Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Ltd., Wallsend-on-Tyne. 1 Cruiser.
2 Destroyers.
Wm. Gray & Co., West Hartlepool 2 Minesweepers.
Southern … 11,169 J. S. White & Co., Ltd., Cowes 1 River Gunboat.
2 Destroyers.
1 Escort Vessel.
J. I. Thornycroft & Co., Southampton. 2 Destroyers.
2 Patrol Vessels.
1 Special Service Vessel.
Philip & Son, Dartmouth 1 Tender.
1 Survey Vessel.
North Ireland … 10,000 (approx.) Harland and Wolff, Belfast 1 Cruiser.

For details of the cost of the vessels under construction, so far as they are yet available, I would refer the hon. Member to the information appearing in the Navy Estimates.

give the total amount of tonnage being built in the different private yards at the present time by the Admiralty and, as far as reasonably possible, the class of vessel being built and their cost, and the district in which they are being built, including that of Northern Ireland?

Sir S. Hoare

The tonnage and classes of vessels under construction for the Admiralty at the different private yards, arranged under districts, are as follow: