HC Deb 14 April 1904 vol 133 cc193-4
DR. MACNAMARA (Camberwell, N.)

I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty if he can state the reasons for the failure of the Admiralty salvage appliances to raise the Submarine Al luring the one or two days of fair weather immediately succeeding the location of the vessel after the disaster which befel her.

THE SECRETARY TO THE ADMIRALTY (Mr. PRETYMAN,) Suffolk, Woodbridge

The weather at the time referred to was not favourable for the employment of lighters for raising the wreck, as the swell caused the wire hawsers to carry away, and thus prevented the attachment to, and lifting of, the vessel.