Launchings

HC Deb 03 July 1957 vol 572 cc110-1W

Mr. P. Williams

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the number of ships and the tonnage launched in the United Kingdom in the first six months of 1957.

Mr. T. G. D. Galbraith

131 merchant ships totalling about 619,500 gross.

Mr. P. Williams

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the number of ships and the tonnage launched on the north-east coast in the first six months of 1957.

Mr. T. G. D. Galbraith

Thirty-six merchant ships totalling about 291,000 gross tons.