HC Deb 10 March 1887 vol 311 cc1739-40
MR. D. SULLIVAN(for Sir THOMAS ESMONDE) (Dublin Co., S.)

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty, If it is the intention of the Admiralty to leave the important naval station of Kingstown without a guardship for long; and, whether any other ship will be sent there in place of the Belleisle?

THE FIRST LORD (Lord GEORGE HAMILTON) (Middlesex, Ealing)

It is not intended to send another ship to Kingstown during the absence of the Belleisle, which will probably be for four months, the time occupied in the annual refit and summer cruise.