§ VISCOUNT CASTLEREAGH (Maidstone)I beg to ask the Prime Minister if he will state the names of His Majesty's ships commanded at different times by the naval members of General Owen's Committee, and, the dates on which such commands began and ended.
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE ADMIRALTY (Mr. EDMUND ROBERTSON, Dundee)I am informed that the only naval member of the Committee who has held a command is Captain G. A. Ballard, who has commanded the following ships: —"Janus" (destroyer), as lieut. commander, 450 12th December, 1895, to 26th May, 1896; "Renard" (torpedo gunboat, Coast Guard duties), as lieut. commander, 27th May, 1896, to 19th January, 1898; "Euryalus," as captain, 15th January, 1906, to 14th May, 1906; "Royal Arthur," as captain, 15th May, 1906, to 8th July, 1906; "Terrible," as captain, 9th July, 1906, to present time.