asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Shipping Controller how many German mercantile ships have been surrendered or handed over to this country; and the total tonnage of all ships and the approximate number of each class of ships?

The number of German merchant ships delivered for British management up to 9th May is as follows: Twenty-two passenger vessels of 168,800 gross tonnage, approximately; eighty-nine cargo vessels of 663,200 dead-weight, approximately.