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Cruiser Contracts.

Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Navy. – in the House of Commons at on 14 November 1934.

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Miss WARD:

15.

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is yet in a position to announce the placing of the contracts for two cruisers for which tenders have been invited?

Lord STANLEY:

Subject to the settlement of certain points of detail, it has been decided to entrust the construction of these two cruisers to Vickers-Armstrong, Limited, and to Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited, of Greenock. The hull of the vessel allocated to Vickers-Armstrong will be built at Walker-on-Tyne, and the machinery at Barrow.

Photo of Dame Florence Horsbrugh Dame Florence Horsbrugh , Dundee

Can the Noble Lord announce the contracts for the mine sweeper sloops?

Lord STANLEY:

The tenders have not yet been received. I have not yet received them.