§ MR. BELLAIRS (Lynn Regis)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty what is the reserve price at which the "Gladiator" is to be sold; what has been the total cost of salving her, including maintenance and patching up to probable date of sale; and whether she will occupy a dock up to the date of sale or be berthed elsewhere.
§ MR. MCKENNAIt would obviously be undesirable to publish a reserve price for any ship put up for sale. It is not possible at the present time to give the total cost of salving the "Gladiator." She will probably occupy a dock until the middle of December, and will then be berthed elsewhere.
§ MR. MYER (Lambeth, N.)asked whether any undertaking would be given that the vessel should be broken up in dock, thereby giving employment to workmen.
§ MR. MCKENNAI could not give any undertaking with regard to the course that will be pursued concerning a ship which at the present moment is not up for sale.