§ MR. BELLAIRS (Lynn Regis)To ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether the now battleship " Africa," while out for her trials, was only saved from running on the rocks at the Lizard by the engines being put full speed astern; and, if so, has any inquiry been made into the matter, and with what result.
(Answered by Mr. Edmund Robertson.) The engines of H.M.S. " Africa" were reversed during her trials on account of her getting into proximity to the shore 482 in a fog. It is not proposed to make any further inquiry into the matter.