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Mr. Pink
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what was the highest speed found in the study of the trawlers built in 1976.
Mr. Duffy
The highest speed found in the study, which excluded Soviet vessels, was 18 knots. Only 5 per cent. of some 100 trawlers considered were capable of more than 15 knots.