HC Deb 11 July 1907 vol 178 cc37-8
MR. HUNT (Shropshire, Ludlow)

I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty † See(4) Debates clxxii., 1570. on what date was H. M. S. "Cumberland" docked prior to her recent docking at Devonport.

The SECRETARY TO THE ADMIRALTY (MR. EDMUND ROBERTSON, (Dundee)

The "Cumberland" was last docked at Gibraltar on the 20th December, 1905. I am inquiring into the reasons for the abnormally long interval between this and her recent docking at Devonport.

MR. HUNT

Is it not the ordinary rule that ships shall be docked every six months?

MR. EDMUND ROBERTSON

I do not think it is quite so short a period as that.