§ COLONEL KING-HARMANasked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty, Whether H.M.S. Northampton is provided with torpedo nettings; whether the other ships of the North American Squadron are so provided; and, if they are so provided, when the torpedo nettings were received by the ships?
§ SIR THOMAS BRASSEYThe nets for the Northampton are in the Dockyard at Bermuda. When she left England ships were not fitted with iron nets. But on the occasion of torpedo exercise at Bermuda, the ship under the command of Captain Fisher was so effectually protected by her nets and improvized appliances that she could not be attacked successfully with the torpedo. The ship which relieves the Northampton will be completely fitted.