§ CAPTAIN PRICE (Devonport)asked the First Lord of the Treasury, What is the complement of H.M.S Impérieuse; what number and description of boats does she carry at her davits; and, will any alteration be made in her fittings, so as to admit of her large boats being got into the water in less than half-an-hour, as at present?
§ THE FIRST LORD (Lord GEORGE HAMILTON) (Middlesex, Ealing)The complement of the Impérieuse is 516 officers and men. The boats carried at davits are—one 30 feet steam cutter, two 30 feet cutters, one 27 feet whaler, 1159 one 25 feet whaler, one 30 feet galley, and one 32 feet galley. In the change of masts and rig, steam winches have been provided to facilitate the hoisting in and. out of the heavy boats.