HC Deb 03 February 1902 vol 102 c176
MR. HARMSWORTH (Caithness)

I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty, whether, in view of the withdrawal of an order to lay down a battleship at Portsmouth, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have considered the desirability of acquiring an additional dockyard, and, having regard to the formation of a North Sea Squadron, will he take into consideration the creation of a Government Dockyard in the Tyne or on the East Coast of Scotland.

THE SECRETARY TO THE ADMIRALTY (Mr. ARNOLD-FORSTER,) Belfast, W.

There is no present intention of establishing any additional Royal Dockyard.