Merchant Ships

HC Deb 19 July 1956 vol 556 c114W

Mr. P. Williams

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what gross tonnage of new merchant ships was completed in shipyards on the North-East Coast in the first half of 1956; and how this compares with the first half of 1955.

Mr. Wingfield Digby

In the first half of 1956 about 310,000 gross tons of merchant ships were completed in shipyards on the North-East Coast as compared with about 241,000 gross tons in the comparable period of last year.

Mr. P. Williams

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what gross tonnage of new merchant ships was completed in British shipyards in the first half of 1956; and how this compares with the first half of 1955.

Mr. Wingfield Digby

In the first half of 1956, about 804,000 gross tons of merchant ships were completed in British shipyards as compared with about 660,000 gross tons in the comparable period of last year.