Special picture of the board of admiralty in session. Left to right round the table: Mr. Geoffrey Shakespeare, M.P.

Special picture of the board of admiralty in session. Left to right round the table: Mr. Geoffrey Shakespeare, M.P. (Parliamentary and Financial Sec.) Rear-Admiral H.M. Burrough, C.B. (Assistant Chief of Naval Staff) Sir Alescander R. Ramsey (Vice-Admiral and Fifth Sea Lord), Rear-Admiral T.S.V. Phillips (DeputyChief of Naval STaff) Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound (First Sea Lord), Sir J. Sidney Barnes, (Deputy Secretary) Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill (First Lord), Sir Archibald Carter, (Secretary of the Admiralty) Admiral Sir Charles Little, (Second Sea Lord), Rear-Admiral B.A. Fraser (Third Sea Lord and Controller) Rear-Admiral G.S. Arbuthnot and Capt. A.U.M. Hudson (Civil Lord). The meeting took place in the Board Room at the Admiralty.