§ MR. HARMSWORTH (Caithness-shire)To ask the Secretary to the Admiralty if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a shot fired from one of the 12-inch guns of H.M.S. "Venerable," during recent practice firing in the Mediterranean, passed between the funnels of H.M.S. "Gladiator;" and, if so, will he state whether this was caused by defective sights on the gun in question.
(Answered by Mr. Pretyman.) No report to this effect has been received. If such an incident did occur it was certainly not due to the sights.
§ Mr. HARMSWORTHTo ask the Secretary to the Admiralty if he can state whether the sighting of the turret guns of the "Ramillies" has been found to be defective; and, if so, what steps have been taken to remedy the defects.
(Answered by Mr. Pretyman.) The "Ramillies" returned from the Mediterranean and paid off in the autumn. She is now undergoing refit and having her upper deck guns casemated. The sights of the turret guns will be brought up to date as far as the nature of the mounting will allow.