§ Commander BELLAIRSasked the First Lord of the Admiralty the number of battleships and cruisers equipped with catapults for launching aeroplanes in the British and American Navies, respectively?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANNo British battleship has yet been fitted with a catapult. One cruiser, "Vindictive," is so fitted. A number of experimental catapults are on order and others are about to be ordered. Twelve battleships and ten cruisers of the United States Navy, all of the latest construction, are fitted with catapults.