§ MR. BELLAIRSTo ask the First Lord of the Admiralty if he will state the dates on which the contracts were placed for the large armoured ships "Invincible" and "Inflexible"; and what is the approximate date when all dockyard or other workmen will be out of these ships and the latter joined up to the Nore Division of the Home Fleet.
(Answered by Mr. McKenna.) The Answer to the first part of the hon. Member's Question is, 21st November, 1905; and to the second part, "Invincible," February, 1909, "Inflexible," 12th December, 1908.