§ 87. Miss Vickersasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he will make a statement on the trials undertaken by H.M.S. "Girdle Ness".
§ Mr. Orr-EwingH.M.S. "Girdle Ness" is used for the firing trials of the Seaslug guided missile and its control system. It164W is essential to undertake these development trials afloat under operational conditions. A series of trial firings was recently carried out in the Mediterranean and the results were very satisfactory; there were some outstanding successes against Drone targets.