§ 21. Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, as the tests made with the German diving apparatus in the efforts to locate the M1 disclosed the superiority of this apparatus as compared with that in use by the Admiralty, the Admiralty has now provided itself with an improved apparatus; and at what depth it can be used?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANThere is insufficient knowledge at the present time of the capabilities of the apparatus either to justify the Admiralty in purchasing a set, or to say definitely that it is of no practical value. It is intended that an Admiralty representative shall attend the further trials referred to in my reply of 9th December last to my noble Friend the Member for Southampton (OFFICIAL REPORT, Columns 492/3).