§ MR. DU CROS (Hastings)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty what was the longest period spent in harbour at one time by the Mediterranean Fleet during the years 1907 and 1908 respectively.
§ MR. MCKENNAThe longest continuous period spent in harbour, as a Fleet, by the Mediterranean Fleet during 1907, was three months, and during 1908, one month; but individual ships are continually going out during such periods to perform gunnery and torpedo exercises.