§ MR. MIDDLEMOREI beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the purchase of the two destroyers to replace the "Gala" and the "Tiger" has been completed; and can he give particulars of their dimensions, their speed, and their names.
§ MR. McKENNAThe purchase of the vessels in question has not been completed.
§ MR. MIDDLEMOREWhen will it be?
§ MR. McKENNAThat does not depend on the Admiralty. It depends on the trials proving satisfactory.
§ * MR. REES (Montgomery Boroughs)Is the House to understand that the new "Tigers" will possess to the full the destroying qualities of the abandoned 1029 boats or beasts? Will they be equally effective?
§ MR. McKENNAI hope so.