HC Deb 20 July 1885 vol 299 cc1206-7
MR. BROGDEN

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty, Whether the statement which appeared in The Times Newspaper of 15th July is true, viz.: — That the war ship Beacon was about to be presented to one of the Australasian Colonies; and, if so, to which of the Colonial Governments it will be given, and whether as a training ship; and what is her tonnage and equipment?

THE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY (Lord GEORGE HAMILTON),

in reply, said, the statement was inaccurate; but Her Majesty's Government were in correspondence with the Government of New South Wales on the subject of providing that Colony with a training ship.