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Major and Brevet Lieutenant- -Commander A. B. Fanshawe s Colonel H. Lumsden, M.C., 12th being lent fob three years' service Lancers, has been selected for com under the New Zealand Govern- and of the the 12th Lancers vice ment, and is succeeded as Deputy Lieutenant-Colonel R. L. McCreery, Superintendent and Assistant M.BE., M.C., who was appointed. King's Harbour Master at Portland to the Star on July 29. Dockyard by Commander G. W. Hoare-Smith, from the Submarine Depot at Cosport
AWARDS FOR GALLANTRY IN PALESTINE
The London Gazette recently announced that the King has been pleased to approve of the following! Awards for gallant and disting uished service in Palestine:-
AFRICA STATION SLOOPS H.M.S. Milford, Captain RLB. Cunliffe, which has been making an East Coast cruise, and is now
THE MILITARY CROSS. al Knysna, returned to Simonstown
Captain. Mortimer Francis Kel- on August 9. H.M.S. Londonderry,' Commander T. L Beevor, cruising leher. M.B., Royal Army Medical
Corps.
on the West Coast, and now, at
Lieutenant Local Captain) Takoradi, is to visit Frectown from August 14 to 22 and Bathurst from Richard Grenside Hooper, Royal Transjordan August 24 to 29, H.MS. Rochester, Artillery. attached Commander F. W, Growse, cruising Frontier Force
with
Lieutenant John Henry Hamlyn training classes from the South African R.N.V.R.. left Port Whitty, 2nd Battalion. The Queen's Amella, for Majunga, August 8-13; Own Royal West Kent Regiment.
Second Lieutenant Humphrey Durban, August 19-20; Port Eliza-
beth, August 22-25; and Mossel Bay Edgar Nicholson Bredin, 2nd Bat August 26-28: returning to Simoms.tallen, The Royal Ulster Rifles.
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LIEUTENANT S. H. KNIGHT Lieutenant S. Knight. bas been placed on the retired list on attaining the age limit of 55.
NAVAL APPOINTMENTS The following appointments re made by the Admiralty:-
Payr. Cor.-N. T P. Couper, to Vernon (Aug. 19)
THE MILITARY MEDAL No. 8343795 Private Lionel, Eric
Battalion. 2nd Sparkes.
The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Régiment.
No. 7012275 Rifleman archibald" Kittle, 2nd Battalion, The Roya Ulster Rines.
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST · 17, 1938
New All-Wing Aeroplane
MAXIMUM LIFT AT LOW SPEEDS
སཎྜ ཝཱ ཏི
A small aeroplane intended to prove in full scale the principle of a new design for an all-wing commerial aeroplane is being con- stracted at Witney, Oxfordshire, and should be flying next month, writes a Home correspondent.
It differs from all previous ideas in this class in the sense that it aims not only at improving the serodynamie qualitles of the structure dat also at distributing the loads over the compound form. of wing in such a way that structure weight is diminished.
Two views, from above and below, of the model of the Delta all-
wing aircraft.
climb would be 1,257ft. a. minute.
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Commencing at 2.30 pm..
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A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
Comprising:
Divans, Wardrobes. Dressing Tables, Armchairs, Chals, Chester- feld Suites. Sideboards, Desks. Typewriter Tables, Cabinets, Book- cases, Ice Chests, Cutlery, Glasses," Porcelain Ware, E P. and Brass Ware, Radio Sets, Gramophones and Records, Electric Table Lamps and Fans Carpets, Rugs, Orna- ments, Curios, Enamel Bath," Cook- ing Stove. Cooking Utensils, etc.. etc.
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In consequence. 1 design has been prepared for an aeroplane cf; a loaded weight of 38.600lb, which. with three engines of 1.000 hp. pilots, a navigator, an engineer: A FEW PIECES OF BLACKWOOD
The crew would consist of two
each, wiI havé a top speed of 300 and two stewards, The pilots, miles an hour and a cruising speed unless some serious objection were On relinquishing his post
o: 265 miles an hour at 10.000ft..ozered, might be placed together Director of Technical Development and will carry a useful load of in the front of one of the two Lt. Cers. T. N. Masterman, to at the Air Ministry, in which Air 19,5901b. This represents 51.6 per wing fuselages. If it were thought Effingham (Aug: 1): L. E Cheva Commodore, R. M. Hill, M.C., AFC cent. of the loaded weight and is necessary., a pilot's cockpit could ller, D.S.C.. to President, for erse has relieved him, Air Commodore notably greater than the 40 per be set in the nose of each side useful load which is wing and the two could be put in Aug. 8) to Terror (Aug. 18) and R. H. Verney, C.B.E.. has retired per cent. as A.K.HM. and Asst Car, Singa- at his own request at the age of usually obtained in the orthodox communication with each other pore Dockyard; F. H. Dyke, to 524. some 44 years less than the type of aeroplane. Wessex. in command (appt. to age limit in this rank. Acheron, 1 command. \undated),
cancelled)
Lt.Cdr. (F/O., RAF). H Wright, to Argus (Aug. 9).
Payr. Lt.-Cdr -P. J. A. Moore, to Diomede (Aug. 8);
Lts.-F. A. B. Fasson to Windsor (Aug. 5); R. D Cayley, to Royal] Sovereign (Aug. 13); R. F. T. Stan- nard, to Faulkner (Aug. 23); J. M. A. Ennion, to Drake, för Sig. School ∙Aug. 24).
It
FOR OCEAN SERVICES
WORLD PLAN FOR three-engined aeroplane de-
ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY
Work Praised By Duke Of Kent
Desirability for worldwide stan- Lits. F/O, RAF.Y.-W. A. Rober-dardisation, or co-ordination, of tson, D. G. Bowker (act.), to Vic-electrical terms was emphasised by tory, for R.A F.. Gosport (Aug. 16)the Duke of Kent at the banquet JG, Lincoln, to Furious (Aug, 23), of the British Standards Institution Payr. · Lt--F、 V. Hårrison, tolto the Internationa) Electro- Britannia, for RN. College. Dart technical Commission at the City mouth (Aug. :26).
of London Guildhall recently.
Sub-Lts. (F/O., R.A.F.).-R. H. P Carver, R. 3. Baker-Falkner, W. A F. Fryer, H. E. J. P. T. Parker, A. A. Pardoe, R. W. V.-Hamilton, B. E. Boulding, to Furious (Aug. 23); J. H. Dundas, B. J. Smeeton, G. Villiers, to Victory, for RAF, Gosport (Aug. 18). \
Sub-Lts. (A) T. C. Brock, P. M Compston, to Victory, for R.A.F Gosport Aug. 16).
Proposing the toast of the commission. the Duke said that, stripped of technical- ties, the Commission was co- ordinating and simplifying in- dustrial requirements in the... electrical field. The results should prove of the highest value to the international ex- change of electrical goods.
"In come of your work." the Mics.J, H. A. Scott-Kerr, A. R Duke continued. "you are dealing
P.. N. Joyce, 'P.' Laverick, R. P. many opportunities of studying, the
is suggested that the
signed on these lines and de- scribed as the Delta 9.G. would be suitable for ocean services. Its load, apart from fuel and of for a range at cruising speed in still air of 2,760 miles. 'would consist of 20 passengers with their luggage and a crew of six. Fully loaded, it would need a take-off run of. G09 yards. and its initial rate of
by. telephone. The passengers likewise would be divided equally between the two saloons.
WARE
and
One Electric Refrigerator" G.E.”
frunning order).
One Electric Refrigerator.“ Frigid-
aire" (running order). One Burt Board. One Electric Refrigerator.
Apart from its special char Two Canva Canoes with complete
sets of Paddles.
acteristics the design: as may be
On View from TUESDAY, the 18th AUGUST, 1938
seen from photographs of the Two Typewriters.
clean model gives remarkably lines, and these, it is said, could be improved by modifications which would remove the small central nacelle; and sink the engines into the wing form sp that a true all- wing aeroplaner would be produced. [the only protrusions being the small undercarriage fairings which have been shown in tests to have no appreciable resistance.
How Scapa Flow Warships Are Raised
GAS EXPLOSION DANGER
The ex-German battleship Grosser Kurfurst, sunk at Scapa Flow with the rest of the German fleet on June 21. 1919, and raised earlier this year by Metal Industries, Líd., Ieft recently for Rosyth in tow of tugs. Later she will be placed in the dry-dock for breaking up, writes a Home "correspondent. .
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The difficult work of salving the below, they gradually work through FRIDAY, the 19th AUGUST, 1938
B Sturdee, A. Cameron, to Exeter; with the question of safety, and ex-German Fleet was begun in the ship, cutting away pipes, ven- RA. H. Panter, B. D. O. Mac-this interests me because I am August, 1924, by Messrs. Cox and tilating shafts and electric cables Danks. Between that date and passing through the bulkheads, Intyre, F. G. Lachlan, to Ajax; F. closely connected with factory in the end of 1931 this firm raised and patching and making water- N. F. Johnston, J. A. Spenter, G. spection, which in this country twenty-five destroyers, one cruiser. tight the labyrinth of compart- A Hamilton, P. G. La Nicca, J. O comes within the jurisdiction of L Shelton, to Barhám; J. H. Worth, the Home
and six great battleships or battle- ments. Office. I have had
cruisers Metal Industries, Ltd., This entalis months of work apparatus,
Grosse, the foetid, atmosphere and horrible Grosser slime of ships that have now been
under water for nineteen years.
Though accidents have been "TOUGHEST OF ALL"
rare, there is always the risk of Operations are now proceeding explosion. Decaying organic mat- on the battle-criser Derfilinger. ter gives off a highly inflammable of 26.600 tons, which lies bottom gas, and foul al may linger in up with a list to starboard of about the compartments of a ship sub- twenty degrees in depth; of merged for years. twenty-five fathoms. The first of
Lucey, to Dorsetshire; J. S. N question at first-hand, and I can have since salved five battleships with oxyacetylene
--the Kalserin, Konig Albert. fathoms beneath the surface in
Pryg, R. B. Foster, J. M. Chappell,assure you that it is one which can Kaiser Friedrich der
Bayern and finally the Martin, D., Hamlyn. to Corn- Sir Frank Heath, chairman of Kurfurst,
to Sheffield; J. W. Millar. T. L be taken not at all lightly."
ENGINE FORE
OCEAN 'PLANE the dozen or more long, cylindrical
wall; P. H. E. Bennett, J. E. E. D. the cpuncll of the British Stand- Haward, P. A. M. Hudson, F Hards Institution, supported by Mr. Seymour, A. H. L Spens-Black, to Roger T. Smith, chairman of the i Royal Sovereign: R. L. Cunning British National Committee of the ham, T. A. Colter, to Southamp commission, presided. ton; C. H. M. Beckwith. F. A. Moyle D. W. Mills, F. R. Lawrence, to Revenge; M. F. J. 8ymes-Thom- pson, W. T. J. Fox,. P.. D. Sturdee, S. R. M. Wilson, to Royal Oak; D. V. B. Unwin, G. D. C. Norman, to Royal Sovereign' (Sept. 1); W. E EL Rodwell C, A, 1. Nicoll, 'K H Martin, to Revenge (Sept. ; to Liverpool (Oct. 4); C. BH. Wake Walker, D. F. Trench. B. G. Vann, G..M. H. Alston, to Liverpool"(Oct. 4).
Payr. Mids.-B. V. Layard, to Dragon; J. D. D. Henesey-Smith, to Diomede (Aug. 8).
Undergoing Test
Details of the de Haviland Gipsy-Twelve engine, four" of which ате itted to the Albatross
trans-Oceanic alr liner now undergoing Air Min- Istry test are now available, The new engine, which is now going into quantity production. has maximum take-off power of 1505/525 h.p.
R.
B
Cd. Supply Officer-C. 1. Sothamy, to Diomede (Aug. 12),
Wt. Engr.-W. K. Revólta, to Witherington (Aug, 16).
It is an inverted air-cooled unit,
airlocks, not unlike thin steel chimneys, was placed a few days ago. Others will follow.
Some of the airlocks must · be 120 feet long to reach; the surface, and, as said one of the salvage personnel the Deriflinger will be quite the toughtest we have yet tackipa: Owing to the depth, it will be. * necessary for the compressed
air workers inside the ship to work at pressures éxcéèding 60. lb. to the square_trich." "
THREE MORE TO COME
When everything is ready for lifting, the wrecks are raised to the surface, bow first or stern Arst, by air pumped into their interiors. the necessary, righting moment. being obtained by admitting more pressure to certain of the com- partments is
Apart from the Derfflingef, three- more capital ships remain on the bottom, the Konig, Markgraf and Kronprinz Wilhelm. They le in deptha of about twenty-five fathoms. All have heavy lists, and it is not yet decided whether or The present writer has experien-not their salyage will be under-
with 12 cylinders in-two banks of ced pressure to half this amount taken.
Wt. Supply Officer-F Fowler, to six in line and in V formation. It during the rating of the Frinzre- Much depends upon the success Dragon (Aug. 12): -
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The Changsha Kwellin Hallway.
in. geared and supercharged, de- gent, Luitpold. signed to give its most efficient was enough, let alone weeks and The raising of the four cruisers which has been under construction some time, will be formally performance at altitude and with months!
still sunk, the Dresden Brummer. Cd. Gunner.-W. Clarke, to rank a controllable-pitch aimscrew of the Briefly, the process of salvage Koin and Karlsruhe, will definitely opened for through frame on the of Lt. (seny, July 27)
constant speed type...
first consists of passing men inside not be attempted.
Double Tenth anniversary this: The arrangement of the cyclin the submerged hulls by means of With high quality steel and non-year. The Ewelin-Changaankwan ders gives a low ratio of frontal the airlocks...
ferrous metals like brass, copper, Railway, which will link the cap- area to power output. This de-
Working under air pressure and gun metal at their present Ital city of Kwangs with the fron- sign yields a high cruising em-which keeps the water from this prices, the scrap metal produced tier of French Indo-China. It is clency, and an improved take-off ing to more than a certain depth from broken-up warships dads also reported, will be completed by thrust.
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RETIREMENTS
Capt R. W. Blacklock, placed
on the Retc. List (July' 14).
Payr. LLC. P. P. Brice, placed on the Retd. List (Aug. 9).