We must have masses of these small craft, whether they be called sloops or destroyers.
I hope that we shall have some explanation of this position other than merely the argument that we have enough destroyers.
The cost of destroyers has increased from £108 per standard ton to £228; and that of submarines, average for large and small, from £132 to something like £350.
Frigates and destroyers; it is a fighting-ship number.
We shall have our full tonnage of destroyers naturally, because we are coming down to it.
Contracts for the seven new destroyers will be placed with private shipbuilding yards.
What is that total number of destroyers that we consider to be necessary?
They talk about aiming at having about 50 frigates and destroyers at their disposal.
