§ 66. Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHYasked the First Lord of the Admiralty what ratings are at present training on board His Majesty's ship "King George V" or have been training on board that ship; bow it is proposed to train these ratings after His Majesty's ship "King George V" is paid off: and whether another sea-going vessel is to be made available to continue this training or whether the ratings are to be trained elsewhere than on board a sea-going ship of war?
Mr. DAVIDSONAbout 350 boys have been training on "King George V." As this vessel has to be broken up under the Washington Agreement, her allocation for this duty was only a temporary arrangement. Those of her boys whose training is incomplete are being absorbed in "Impregnable," as it is not the present intention to replace "King George V" by another sea-going ship of war.