HC Deb 10 June 1903 vol 123 cc446-7
SIR WILLIAM ALLAN

I beg further to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty is the Admiralty aware that the Babcock and Wilcox water-tube boilers in the Allan liners "Buenos Ayrean" and "Siberian" are being removed and Scotch boilers are to be substituted.

*MR. ARNOLD-FORSTER

Yes, Sir, the Admiralty are aware that it is the intention of the Allan Line to replace the Babcock and Wilcox boiler fitted in the "Buenos Ayrean" by a cylindrical boiler. There is no Babcock and Wilcox boiler in the "Siberian"