§ MR. MIDDLEMOREI beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the Admiralty have any intention of testing internal combustion engines for propulsive purposes in any of the five protected cruisers for which orders have recently been given.
§ MR. McKENNAAll these five protected cruisers have been designed with steam turbine machinery. There is no intention of testing internal combustion engines for propulsive purposes in any of them. Steps are, however, being taken to test these engines in another direction.