HC Deb 26 August 1889 vol 340 c492
SIR J. SWINBURNE (Staffordshire, Lichfield)

Can the noble Lord the First Lord of the Admiralty state whether the Sultan has been towed into dock yet?

LORD G. HAMILTON

No, Sir; I have received a telegram, dated yesterday, to this effect:— Sultan still afloat off Comino; water not sufficiently reduced to justify moving her pumps. giving trouble.