§ Brigadier Clarkeasked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty if he will state the cost to date of the two wooden mock-up submarines built at Southampton; and what he now proposes to do with these craft.
§ Mr. C. Ian Orr-EwingThese mockups, which were required for the production of prototype nuclear submarine machinery, have cost £377,500 to design, construct and maintain. One has already232W been divided and removed; one half to Dounreay, as an installation aid; the other to the Naval Reactor Training Establishment. The future of the second is under consideration.