RULE OF THE ROAD AT SEA.

HC Deb 03 August 1898 vol 15 cc1201-2

MR. GIBSON BOWLES

I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether the Rule of the Road at Sea applies to Fleets engaged in manœuvres; if not, is the Rule to be disregarded by Fleets during manœuvres when meeting stranger ships, vessels, or boats not forming part of the Manœuvring Fleet; whether there is any Rule at all, and, if so, what Rule, for preventing collision between such stranger ships and the ships of the Fleet; and is there any means of informing such stranger ships that the Rule of the Road will not be observed?

SIR U. KAY-SHUTTLE WORTH

I must ask the hon. Member to postpone the question.

MR. GIBSON BOWLES

Surely the right hon. Gentleman knows what the Rule is?

[The question was not answered.]