§ MR. MIDDLEMORE (Birmingham, N.)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty if he will state the number of British warships, exclusive of destroyers and torpedo boats, assembled together under one command for the purpose of combined manœuvres in European waters in the years 1906, 1907, and 1908, respectively.
§ MR. MCKENNAThe number for 1906 is forty-seven ships. In 1907, on three different occasions, the numbers were sixty, twenty-three, and fifty-eight ships. In 1908, combined manœuvres have been carried out between opposing fleets, but not under one command.
§ MR. MIDDLEMORECan the tight hon. Gentleman give me the greatest number of vessels manœuvred at one time under Sir A. Wilson?
§ MR. MCKENNAasked for notice of the Question.