§ Mr. Bowlesasked the Under-Secretary of State for Air how many enemy capital ships were sunk or damaged by torpedoes fired from aircraft; the numbers of other naval vessels sunk or damaged; and the tonnage of enemy transports, supply or merchant ships sunk or damaged by this weapon.
§ Mr. StracheyTwelve enemy capital ships, 59 other.naval vessels and something over 1,200,000 tons of enemy merchant shipping were sunk or damaged by torpedoes fired from aircraft of the Royal Air Force and Naval Air Arm during the war.