HC Deb 16 November 1908 vol 196 c860
MR. HUNT (Shropshire, Ludlow)

I beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the sixteen new destroyers now building or about to be built for the Navy will only have a speed of twenty-seven knots; and whether coal is to be used instead of oil.

MR. MCKENNA

Yes, Sir.

MR. HUNT

Why are not the destroyers being built for a higher speed?

* MR. SPEAKER

Notice must be given of that Question.