HC Deb 30 June 1898 vol 60 c637
MR. W. ALLEN (Gateshead)

I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty what type of boilers has been fitted into H.M.S. Salamander; what has been the total cost of reboilering the vessel; and how long were the old boilers in use, and what was their type?

THE SECRETARY TO THE ADMIRALTY (Mr. W. E. MACARTNEY,) Antrim, S.

The Salamander is being fitted with water-tube boilers of the Mumford type. As the work is not yet complete, the actual cost cannot be given, but the estimated cost is about £17,000. The old boilers were completed early in 1890, and were in use till June, 1896; they were of the locomotive type.