HC Deb 20 April 1893 vol 11 c783
SIR ELLIS ASHMEAD- BART -LETT (Sheffield, Ecclesall)

I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty to state in classes the strength of the British Fleet at present in the Mediterranean?

MR. E. ROBERTSON

The following are the figures:—First-class battleships, 6; second-class battle-ships, 4; cruisers, 6; torpedo ram and torpedo depot ship, 2; smaller vessels, 11.