HC Deb 20 June 1907 vol 176 cc604-5
SIR BERKELEY SHEFFIELD (Lincolnshire, Brigg)

I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty the date H.M.S. "Triumph" parted from the Channel Fleet; whether she has landed all her ammunition; and what is the anticipated interval she is expected to be absent from the date of parting.

MR. EDMUND ROBERTSON

The "Triumph" left the Channel Fleet for her usual refit on the 3rd June, and will be completed on the 20th July. Her ammunition has all been landed.

MR. BELLAIRS (Lynn Regis)

Is this one of the extensive refits provided for in the Memorandum of the Admiralty of October, 1906, which provided that vessels of the Channel Fleet requiring refitting should be temporarily replaced by vessels from the Home Fleet?

MR. EDMUND ROBERTSON

I should like to refresh my memory as to that.