§ MR. BELLAIRSTo ask the First Lord of the Admiralty with reference to His Majesty's ship "Whiting," which has been blown ashore at Hong Kong and may become a total loss, whether he is aware that the ship has no officers according to the Navy List; and whether 1951 he can state what is the crew on board her, assuming no men are on leave, and where she was moored in the harbour.
(Answered by Mr. McKenna.) My hon. friend is well aware that the fact that no j officers are shown in this month's Navy List is no justification for assuming that there were none on board the ship at Hong Kong this week. The Admiralty have no information on the matter, which is entirely within the discretion of the Commander-in-chief on the station.