§ Lord Hill-Nortonasked Her Majesty's Government:
What was the number of merchant ships of 1,000 dwt or over sailing under the British flag on 1st January 1969, 1979 and 1989.
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Transport (Lord Brabazon of Tara)Information is not available in the form requested for all years. The numbers of merchant ships of 100 gross registered tons and over registered under British flags (those of the United Kingdom, the Crown dependencies and the dependent territories) were as follows:
1969 1979 1989 (1st July) (1st Jan) (1st Jan) 4,071 3,249 3,100[1] [1] of which 1,231 were ships of 1,000 dwt or over.
Statistics for ships of 1,000 dwt and over are not available for 1969 and 1979.