HC Deb 10 June 1937 vol 324 cc1984-5W
Lieut.-Commander Fletcher

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty how much coal is used annually by ships of the Royal Navy and in what form?

Mr. Cooper

In the financial year 1936 the consumption was, in found figures, 44,000 tons of steam coal for steaming, and 125,000 tons of furnace coal for auxiliary purposes. These figures cover, in addition to His Majesty's Ships, coal used in Fleet Establishments, Dockyard craft, and certain Fleet auxiliaries, the consumption in which cannot readily be separated.