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PREM19/2360
Nationalised Industries (Shipbuilding: Hill-Norton Committee Report on Hull Forms for Warships ('short fat ships')) (Part 2)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2018 Dec 28
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 71
Any docs withheld? 1

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Date Value Title
86 Oct 14 Tu Minor Nationalised Industries: MOD PS letter to No.10 (“Hull Forms Warships: Lord Hill-Norton's Report”) [Lloyd's Register to undertake the inquiry following resignation of Professor Caldwell] [declassified Dec 2018]
87 Jan 22 Th Minor Nationalised Industries: Monckton note to Griffiths (“Short Fat Ships”) ["an update on this long-running saga"] [declassified Dec 2018]
87 Aug 5 We Minor Nationalised Industries: Defence Secretary letter to Hill-Norton (“Hull Design Inquiry by Lloyds Register”) [assures him that MOD has wholly open mind on the outcome of the inquiry] [declassified Dec 2018]
88 Apr 15 Fr Minor Nationalised Industries: No.10 minute to MT (“Lloyd's Register Hull Design Inquiry”) [Christopher Monckton paper on "Short Fat Ships"] [declassified Dec 2018]
88 Apr 21 Th Minor Nationalised Industries: No.10 letter to Christopher Monckton (“Lloyd's Register Hull Design Inquiry”) [independence of inquiry] [declassified Dec 2018]
88 Jul 25 Mo Minor Nationalised Industries: Defence Secretary PS letter to No.10 (“Lloyd's Register Hull Inquiry”) [Younger accepts its conclusion that short fat ships would cost more than conventional designs like the Type 23 without commensurate advantages] [declassified Dec 2018]