§ MR. HOOPER (Dudley)To ask the Secretary to the Admiralty, whether the cables and chains belonging to the obsolete war vessels are sold without being treated according to the Order of 1894 relating to disused Government chains.
§ (Answered by Mr. Edmund Robertson.) Chain cables of His Majesty's ships are periodically examined and if found to be unserviceable are mutilated at the dockyards before being offered for sale. But if any chain cables left on board obsolete ships when sold are still fit for use, and would continue to be used if the ships were retained, this cable is not mutilated. It is usual in selling any vessel to sell with her the minimum of cable required for mooring.