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FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1931.
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Saturday,
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Tuesday,
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Monday,
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LIFE ON LIGHTSHIP.
Landlubbers are
pond.
0th Apr.
16th Apr.
4th Apr.
5th Apr.
2nd Apr.
29th Mar.
ship. The weather was quite mild and the sea was as smooth as a mill That the crews do not feel lonelines very much was gathered from Captain E. T. Abbott, of the Bar lightship.
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GUNS OF THE
FLEET.
'Action' Brings Ordered
Pandemonium.
and aft, a motion which indicatea that the gun-aightë are being ac- curately laid to the pointers con- But, trolled from the "Director." on the commence fire," with blind-
in fishes, with a deep roar and with a concussiorf that shakes the ship, and which not infrequently removes the Captain's cap, five shells, each little short of a ton, are sped on their way to the invisible target-ship at an average speed of 1,140 miles per hour-three and a half times the speed of the
Installation and Repairs of Dives!
for Mariza And Moto
and Bisticonry **polality.
PASSENGER LISTS.
ARRIVALS.
Per ss. Anchises from United Kingdom via porta
on March 24:
la a previous article a British fleet at ser was compared to a small floating town, much like any other town but for its lack of the fatherly and guiding hands of Town Council-Schneider Trophy winner. More-H. R. Marrack, Dr. C. J. P. Peglar,
over, there are hundreds of such rounds in the locker.
lora and of the civilising, or un- settling, presence of women. Em phasis was laid on the singularly
One and a half ininutes later the peaceful and ordered atmosphere of its corporate Hfe, which a short Ave shells will strike the water near sharp call on the bugle can, how the target in a compact mass, ever, dispel in a moment, trane- throwing up a great waterspout, figuring it, as if by magic, into a which, if very near, will dronch the town of flame, smoke and uproar-ship with spray. During the first an ordered pandemonium,
F. Blount, F. W. Boyer, Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Cox, J. R. Cuthbert, Dillingham. Jr., Miss A. J. M. Mra, L. G. Dillingham, B. F. Gilkes. J. Hackney. R. B. Henly, Miss Anna Karlik, Col. and Mrs. R. W. MacDonald, Capt. and Mrs. Miss N. T. C. Pilkington, Miss G. Prosser, Miss M. D. Skelton, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Skelton.
DEPARTURES.
Per m.s. Hiye Maru for Seattle via Japan ports on March 26 few salvoes It is unlikely, at so The Rev. P. Joy, Mr. and Mrs. Miss H. Epstein, A man of war is unique in this great a range, that a direct hit will. J. Schlager. respect, because its calm exterior be obtained. In the interval be- Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Schumacher, und unruffled life continue unchang- tween the flash and the splash these W. Weber, A. W. Wilson, S. V. L Atkins, K. Nishimura, N. Hayashi, ed in pence or in war, writes the thunderbolts will have travelled on Morning Post Naval Correspondent. a curve 28 miles long and, if Mount Miss J. M. Cory, S. Suauki, Mrs. Indeed, pending the bugle-call to Everest rose sheer between the. Kobayashi, Mrs. T. Oshima, Mr. "Action" against a battle-practice guns and the target, would have and Mrs. T. Takemasa and four target in peace, or to "Action" cleared its remote and snow-clad children, Mrs. W. F. Dillingham, against a hostile ßect upon the issue summit by 1,000 of which hangs the fate of a world, dawdles so slowly that those in the target ship will hear the report of eight belts will be struck, "Hands" will be piped to dinner, the discharge 10 seconds after they and decks will be "cleared up" with witness the water-spout or feel the equal method and care. The organ-shock of impact. isation for battle is always com- plete; a man of war in commission is always ready.
the
In order to give a brief picture of Naval Gunnery let us suppose that H.M.S. Nelson is to carry out her battle practice at 1.30 p.m. Be fore dinner, the time at which Action sections will be sounded off, the Boatswain's mate will "pass the word" by pipe, now alas distorted from the musical tunes for which Boatswain's mates in the past were justly famous, to the diabolical bray of a score of loud-speakers. When "Action" is sounded a human stam pede takes place and 2,800 feet will convey 1,400 vile bodies, as though the devil were after them, or they after the devil, to the fighting topo, the 16in. gun turrets, magazines and shell-rooms, and to the trans- mitting stations in the bowels of the ship.
The atokora, under the engineer officers, form their fire parties. the Gunnery officer climbs to the gun control position, and the Captain to the Bridge. The ringing of a score of bells, the sharp report of nine electric tubes, and the sound of a few short orders is the audible evidence that communications, and gear-circuits are being tested.
Target 21 Miles Away,
feat. Sound
Action at these great ranges was Impossible 20 years ago, not because the appropriate guns could not have been constructed, but because of the lack of means to "spot" the fall of shot, and thus to correct the sights, which the Naval Air Arm now makes poesible Out of sight, over the crest of the earth, the spotting aeroplanes are rushing through the air at 100 m.p.h., and upon the ac- curate wireless reports of a young naval lieutenant, crouching in his little flying cockleshell, depends the success, and thus the value, of the action. Indeed, few things better illustrate the slavish dependence of matter upon mind than does the effectiveness of the concentrated power of these great guns upon the immaterial brain of the observer.
6-inch Guns
are mounted to repel those enemy The 6-inch guns of the battle-fleet torpedo craft that may approach In full view, or issue suddenly from an opaque smoke screen.
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ARRIVALS OF SHIPS.
Wednesday, March 25, Tensan Maru, Japanese str., 1,588 tons Capt. K. Kajikawa, from Port Arthur, buoy No. B23.- D.K.K.
Thursday, March 26. Antung. British str., 2,107 tome, Capt. D. Lupton, from Amoy, buoy No. B15, B. & `S. Chip Shing, British str., 1,199 tons, Capt. D. S. Pithick, from Wei- halwei, buoy No. B22.-J. M. & Co. Helikon, British
atr. 1,220 tons, Capt. W. Anderson, from Saf- gon, buoy No. B1B.-Wo Fat Sing. Javanese Prince, British str., 3,656)
tons, Captain J. Smith, from Shanghai, buoy No. Al-Fur- ness (Far-East) & Co.
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Klunghhow, British str., 1,545 tons.
Whereas "Day. Action," with heavy or light guns, proceeds in an atmosphere of tense calm between the salvoes, "Night Action" In an-
Capt. W. J. Larter, from Can- wrong in im-
other matter, providing, as it has
tons, buoy No. BB.-B. & S. agining that life on a lightship is
from time immemorial, a Betting for Kueichow, British str., 1,220 tons, i monotonous and unattractive. The
In five minutes at the most curses, exasperation, and therefore men on the Bar lightship at the
Capt. D. Williams, from Can- silence will reign, broken occasion- for humour. Every stance, from. 'mouth of Mersey, for example, have
ton, buoy No. B20.—B. & S. "Lonely!" he exclaimed, "we have ally by the faint hiss from the the batteries to the tops, contalas Kwangtung, British str., 1,527 tons, only their shipmates for company no time to be lonely. I have been for a month at a time.
Capt. A. F. Summerfeld, from Life on a at this task for 10 years, and I have hydraulic gear of the turrets, which an eye eager to spot the ghostly by now will be trained outboard.] target. A determination to keep as
Swatow,
B17- buoy No. lightship has its compensations, a never been lonely. My predecessor
cool as a vanilla ice Inspires all
B. & S. Liverpool correspondent learned, on was on this work for 40 years. We The muzzles of the great guns are visiting this lightship and those at are all married men, and we get pointing akywards at an unbroken officers and men. Search-lights and Mao Lee, Chinese str., 1,209 tons,
horizon, but over the edge of the star-shell are ready, guns are load- Crosby and Formby, in company home for a fortnight after each world, concealed below the curva- ed, and nerves are as taut as fiddle. with officials of the Mersey Mission spelf of a month on board.
ture of the earth's surface, there strings. to Seamen. The annual visit at engage in all kinds of hobbles in our steams an unseen target, directed the festive season was notable for spare time, such as making mats by wireless, 21 miles away.
A tendency, in the prevailing Some of the boys
gloom, "to see things" develops. For a few moments the muzzles Uncertainty as to make wireless sets, Wireless is of the 106 ton guns can be seen to Able seaman Dead-eye's vision, re- the accuracy of great boon. My hobby is knitting." creep gently up and down, and foresulting in a firm report of the target, gives rise to conversation considerably above a whisper. On go the search-lights, up go the star- shell, but where Dead-eye's target may be is a question that fe asked in terms and phrases that are, we must hope, foreign to most of us."
"Switch off: Switch on: Who fired that gun? Sound the [still'; Carry-on"...* In the middle of which the real target narrowly misses the side of the ship opposite to that on which this ghostly battle has been taking place.
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Though such a might action in peace is the exception and not the rule, it is not exceptionally rare because, on a dark night, and with |a_most_trifiing error in the ship's "dead-reckoning" circumstances may make confusion inevitable,
For night operations the relative merita of star-shell" and "search- lights for the illumination of the türget provide as ready a bone of violent contention between Gunnery and Torpedo officers as does Lord's Day observance between Municipal Authorities.
CONSIGNEES NOTICE
Capt. Y. Watanabe, from Swa- ton, bacy No. C.-Yes Tal Hong. Oustkerk, Dutch str., 5.001 tone, Capt. J. H. H. Gunther Mohr, from Manila, buoy No. AR- J.CJ.L Rajputans, British atr., 16,648 tons, Capt H. M. Jack, from Singa pore, Kowloon Wharf-M. M. & Co.
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Sungshan Maru, Japanese str., 1,503 tons, Captain T. Honjo, from Swatow, buoy No. CL- N.Y.K
Tiisalak, Dutch str., 8,618 tone, *Capt. P. Meerman, from Mani- |:..
Is, buoy No. A8.—J.C.J.L. Witchita, American str., 8,856 tons; Capt. P. Holth, from Manila, buoy No. A11.-L. Everett, Inc.
STEAMERS' MOVEMENTS.
The C.P.S. R.M.S. Empress, of Russia arrived at Yokohama: on March 26 (Wed.) at 2 p.m.," left Yokohama on March 26 (Thurs:) at 8 p.m., and is dus at Vancouver on April 4- (Sat); " She leaves Vancouver on April 11 (815). —
The C.P.S. R.M.S. Empress of Asia arrived at Kobe on March 26 (Thurs.) at 2.30 p.m. left: Kobe, on March 27 (Fri.) at 6 am, and is dus at Nagasaki.og March 28 co (Sat); at 6 om. She leaves Naga- raki on March 28 (Sat) at 8 pm. She- due here on April 1 (Wed- Ben-: veaday)," berthing at Fiar No. 5/ Kowloon Whief, and Cwill small for Will Manila at 153 p.m., on LApril 24,
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