§ MR. WILLIAM ALLANI beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury if he can state what type, and whose make, of boilers are fitted in H.M.S. "Pelorus"; whether this vessel had her machinery recently overhauled prior to her departure to join the Channel Squadron; and what is the nature of the defects in her boilers that have necessitated her return to port now.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURThe boilers of the "Pelorus" are of the "small tube" water-tube type, termed modified "Normand"; and they, with the engines, were made by Messrs. Thomson, now the
*See The Parliamentary Debates [Fourth Series], Vol. 1xxx., pages 421–432354 Clydebank Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Ltd. The machinery of this ship had been recently overhauled at Devon-port. The return of the ship was not due to defects in the boilers, but was necessitated by the priming of the evaporators. This affected the freshness of the feed water so as to cause such excessive priming of the boilers that the condensers were suspected to be leaking; these have, however, since been tested and found to be quite tight.