HC Deb 28 June 1939 vol 349 c440W
Lieut.-Commander Fletcher

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he will make a statement concerning the number of shifts per day being worked on the various classes of naval construction?

Colonel Llewellin

In the shipyards and dockyards the one shift system is generally in force. For components such as gun mountings and armour a two or three shifts system is employed as necessary to give the maximum possible output. Machinery and electrical sub-contractors are to a large extent using two shifts.

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