HC Deb 08 May 1902 vol 107 c1080
MR. WILLIAM ALLAN (Gateshead)

I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty if he will give the names of the cruisers of the "Medusa" class that have their forced draught fan engines and fans fitted to and above the protective deck, as is being done in the "Medusa" at present at Jarrow.

MR. ARNOLD-FORSTER

None of the other cruisers of the "Medusa" class have their forced draught fan engines and fans fitted to and above the protective deck. The cruisers referred to in my previous answer as those in which this arrangement has been adopted, were, as then stated, second-class cruisers, and are the four ships of the "Arrogant" class. As the hon. Member is doubtless aware, the "Medusa" is not a second-class but a third-class cruiser.

MR. WILLIAM ALLAN

How can the hon. Gentleman reconcile that statement with the one he made to me on a previous occasion?

* MR. SPEAKER

Order, order! That is a matter of argument.