§ Major Bruceasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if he will give 210W the names of those ships in which improvements in air-conditioning have taken place since 16th April, 1947.
Mr. DugdaleSince 16th April, 1947, improvements in air-conditioning have been made in six of H.M. ships in service: the aircraft carrier "Vengeance," cruisers "Diadem," "Mauritius" and "Ceylon," the submarine depot ship "Forth," and the destroyer "Battle-axe." Further improvements have been made to the air-conditioning in three ships to which I referred in reply to my hon. and gallant Friend on 16th April last. They are the cruisers "Newcastle" and "London" and the destroyer "Aisne."