§ SIR HENRY TYLER (Great Yarmouth)asked the First Lord of the Admiralty, Whether he would consider the question of applying to two of the most powerful and modern ships in Her Majesty's Service the test of steaming at full speed across the Atlantic, say to New York and back?
§ THE FIRST LORD (Lord GEORGE HAMILTON) (Middlesex, Ealing)Although we may not be able to carry out the full-speed test mentioned in the-Question, the Admiralty are of opinion that the measured mile trial is insufficient; and have directed, as will be seen in my Statement appended to the Estimates, that in future, in addition to the measured-mile trials, each ship shall maintain for four days a continuous full-speed trial with all her weights on board, which, it is considered, will thoroughly test the efficiency of the machinery.