§ LORD BALCARRES (Lancashire, Chorley)To ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether he will state how many torpedo boats and destroyers have run aground or been in collision during the last two years.
(Answer.) In 1900, two torpedo boats and one destroyer ran aground, and six torpedo boats and forty-one destroyers were in collision. In 1901, two torpedo boats and four destroyers ran aground, and five torpedo boats and fifty destroyers were in collision. In many cases the collisions were very slight and no serious; damage resulted.—(Admiralty.)