§ MR. RIDSDALE (Brighton)To ask the Secretary to the Admiralty, whether he will state the names of the eight battleships removed from the righting list since 1st January, 1902, and also those of the three since classed as of little fighting value.
(Answered by Mr. Edmund Robertson.) The names of the eight battleships removed from the fighting list are:— "Collingwood," "Alexandra," "Superb," "Dreadnought," "Sultan," "Hercules," "Bellerophon," "Monarch."
The names of those classed as of comparatively small fighting value are:— "Conqueror," "Sans Pareil," "Hero."
†see(4)Debates, clvi.,1157