§ MR. BELLAIRS (Lynn Regis)To ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether the attention of the First Lord of the Admiralty has been drawn to the absence of the name of Nelson and of his birth-county, Norfolk, from the names of ships in the Royal Navy; and whether he can see his way, now that the Admiral Class are to be removed from the list of fighting ships, to call a new class of battleships by the names of great admirals.
(Answered by Mr. Edmund Robertson.) The Admiralty requires no reminders as to the desirability of keeping up the historical traditions of the Navy when new ships are named. A first-class battleship is to be launched on the Tyne early in September and to be christened the "Lord Nelson."