§ Mr. MIDDLEMOREasked the First Lord of the Admiralty what is the maximum speed of the battleships "Bellerophon" and "Dreadnought"; and what is the maximum speed of the squadron to which they belong?
§ Mr. McKENNAThe maximum speed of the battleships "Bellerophon" and "Dreadnought" is 21½ knots. Assuming that the maximum speed of the squadron means the maximum speed of the slowest ship, the speed for the squadron to which these ships belong is 17 knots.
§ Mr. ARTHUR LEEIs it proposed to replace the slower ships by faster ones of the same class as they become obsolete?
§ Mr. McKENNAOh, yes, certainly, so far as they are possibly homogeneous in making up a squadron?