The Civil Lord of the British Admiralty Lambert said in the Common House that the docks were reason for concerns by the admiralty(1). When the new dock facilities at Portsmouth were completed in 1914 became it possible to dock dreadnoughts despite which tidal it was.
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1. Mr. George Lambert (25 June 1866-17 February 1958), 1st Viscount Lambert, Civil Lord of the Admiralty 1905-1915.
