§ MR. HARMSWORTHTo ask the Secretary to the Admiralty if he can state the reasons why Torpedo Boat No. 81 has been placed in the repairing dock, and how long she has been there.
(Answered by Mr. Arnold-Forster Torpedo Boat No. 81 went ashore during the manoeuvres of 1901, and was badly damaged. Her salvage was, however, effected, and she was brought back to Portsmouth, and placed in No. 5 Graving Dock at that yard on the 19th August, 1901, since when she has remained there to relieve the pressure upon the basin space required for other ships, pending the completion of arrangements for reboilering and thoroughly refitting her. Had the dock been required for other purposes in the meantimes she would have been floated out.