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At the subsequent luncheon, Com- mander Craven presided and said: "You have just seen the launch of the 154th submarine built in these works. Admiral Haggard occupies one of the greatest positions in the service, and those of us who served in submarines are proud to think that part of his very distinguished career was spent in what зуе соп- sider one of the most efficient branches of the Service.

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H.M.S. "PARTHIAN”

SUBMARINE LAUNCHED AT CHATHAM DOČKYARD

HMS, "Parthian, one of the six submarines of the "P" class now..be. ing built, was launched t the Chatham Dockyard. Her keel plate was laid by Mrs. Stirling, wife of Rear - Admiral Stirling (Admiral Superintendent of Chatham Dock- yard), 12 months ago...

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EXTENSIONS COMPLETED AND BUILDING

Particulars of the extension work at

sibly he was quite wise. He says our business is to produce a yard stick by which we are to measure the relative values of ships of the same class and to leave it to the statesmen to provide their "yard-stick, | which I think will be a far more difficult thing, for the relative needs of each nation. As I say, I think they will have a far more difficult task. However, everything points to a reduction of armaments, and the port of Antwerp are contained in an Official report of the Department of think we will have to face it.

Overseas Trade, recently published. Fears for the Winter I am

very grat

grateful to you Ad-It is stated that the Kruisschens Lock miral Haggard for all you have said, was put at the disposal of ship- and I

listened with

with great interest to ping on September, 1 after Eaving been inaugurated the day before by their the doom

you have passed on my Majesties King Albert and Queen company, We here have

certainly

Elizabeth, been fucky, both my staff

The junction channel and and our. workpeople, and I know many of you the bridge over it have been completed will be pleased to hear that we have since August 1. The quay walls along it are already regularly used as mocr topped our high water mark in eming places. The channel at full depth ployment since the post-war boom. We have at present 13,394 employees, and 100m wide in the middle of the but unfortunately

canal provides a safe passage for the we have three but large ships and four submarines north of the part. is nearly completed, biggest ships. The big goods station leaving before Christmas, and unless Brul the roadway leading to the We are very fortunate indeed, we Kruisschans will be finished in 1980. are heading for 24 rather serious

In order to equip the new docks the winter.

I am sure it is no good my talk-city issued a loan of 10 million dollars. The area of the City of Antwerp ing in front of the 4th Sea Lord

will eventually extend to more than about the service Vickers and 8,000 hectares.

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the

Armstrongs have rendered to the On the south quay of the third wer country in times of stress. I am sure dock three closed sheds have been con- the Sea Lords realise that we are instructed and finished and put at the for hard times and that we desire disposal of commerce. They cover an that sympathy, which I am confident area of 14,553 square metres.. we shall receive from the

The three storehouses for nitrate on miralty."

quays 176–182 were completed and are in use.

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The city took the required measures to provide for the equipment of the new junction channel and canal dock over a length of 2,500 metres. For these quays sheds will soon be under construction, and will cover an area of 49,800 square metres.

Two other storehouses for nitrate

Recently the Capitan O'Brien," the will be built on quays 184-196 (con- first of the three Chilean submarines struction has actually begun). under construction at the Naval Con- -On quays 192-194 sheds for iron struction Works of Vickers are being built Armstrong, Limited, at Barrow-in- On quaya 192198 the General Furness, was handed over to Ad-Motors Continental are constructing miral Luis Escobar, the chief of the immense installations, as they intend Chilean Naval Commission in London, that Antwerp should become the assem in the presence of the Chilean Con-bling and distributing centre of their sul in London, and the Chilean and motor-cars for the whole of Europe. British Naval Officers and men sta-

The. New Dry Docks tioned in Barrow, and a large num ber of the staff and employees the

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The digging of two new dry docka The Sai Kong (or the West River/ near the new canal dock has begun.. is the third largest river in the Chin

In the year 1920 the south and northese Republic and second only to the quays of the new canal dock will be equipped over В Iength of 4,000 metres..

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Yangtze in importance. This magni- ficent trade route was opened to for- eign traffic in 1897, but how many foreigners travel on this important waterway? The scenery along the

to any person who wishes to spend a short and economical holiday....

This submarine is the first vessel in the British Navy to bear the name of "Poseidon." Many of you know the Roman god that Neptune was of the sea, but until I looked it up

The proceedings were enlivened by in the book, I did not realise that "Poseidon occupied the same posi- the shipyard band, which played the

Greek legend. tion in

Quite apart Chilean national

Ad- anthem when from his me

miral Escobar broke the ensign. duties, he is re- meritime pated to be the original inventor of After the ceremony of handing the earthquake and also of the first over the vessel was completed, the

staff entertained Ad- horse, both things that in my opinion directors and

miral Escobar and his officers cause intense discomfort.

to canal is under construction and an- lunch in the works, when Comman-other one over, the Kruisschans Lock, der

C. W

Craven, the managing Very soon the digging of two new series director, proposed the toast of the of wet docks will be begun. I had the honour to be associated submarine, and good luck to the The new entrance, Kruisschans; route is beautiful. We recommend it with the submarine service before officers and man who sail in her. from the river into the new extension the war when I was

s captain in

The Capitan O'Brien' was launch of the wet docks has been opened for charge of one of the flotillas, and ed on October 2. last by Madame service, and will greatly facilitate tha more recently when I had charge of Costa-Pelle, the wife of Admiral Eworking of the docks; it will also esse the submarine service *S

Costa-Pelle, who at that time was the traffic in the upper part of the chief of the Chillean Naval Commis-river, and be the meana, no doubt, of adairal, so naturally an occasion like this is of very great interest to me.. sion in London, bat. has now return reducing the number of collisions that grain per hour. The tugboat sorvico

I

the think

ed to his native country. She is of take place in the bend just below the comprises 31 tugboats, of which 18 are very aptly named, and I

Com the British "O" class type, and in Royers Sluice.

fitted with a powerful ateam firepump. mander Chaven

The dry docks have been fully occuEight of these tugs are specially fram- searched addition to her sister ships the out his facts

carefully "Capitan Thompson" and "Almirante pied, except during and for some time ed for use as icebreakers in the docka. The "Poseidon"

I does,

Messrs.

Vickers-Arm- following the strikes, when for days on By the first months of 1929 still more under Simpson," stand, correspond to the Roman Nep- strongs, Ltd, have also under con end any of them were empty. This

empty hosting apparatus will be available tune. I know the Admiralty some

time this struction a submarine depth hip for is the first

namely, 58 electric cranes of 3 tons, since 1918. times have considerable difficulty in Chile..

5 electric cranes of 6 tons, 2 grain to ships. giving names

They are

The constraction of the three new elevators of 200 tons per hour, 1 float British Builders' High Reputation city dry docks is proceeding satisfacing crane of 40 tons. given, Bay, the letter "P," and they

Admiral Escobar in taking over torily, and should be finished within been signed for the building of one Contracts have are told to find out some good ship's

the submarine from Vickers the contract time. Permission has been more tugboat. names that are suitable for sub-

Armstrongs, said: It is for me ex-given to Belgian shiprepairing firm to Davies marines: I believe other

tremely pleasant to have the oppor-construct two dry docks adjoining the sometimes go in for pretty ladies'

tunity to raise the flag of my coun- new wet docks, which, it is understood, names, and I think the Danish called one of their ships the "Daisy, try in the "O'Brien," the first of the will eventually become the property of

overseas submariner

that goes into the town. The two dry docks that are The "Poseidon", however, seems par-

our service.

teing built on one of the shipyards at ticularly upt, as it is the name of

Built by a British firm like Vickers Hoboken will be considerably delayed under-water

god.

Armstronge, we have every reason to by the rains and floods, which have I think that possibly both we in

be sure that in submarine "O'Brien," done great damage in the Antwerp dis- the navy and armament firms, may: be in for a rather hard time in the unit, which

we are receiving a well constructed trict.

now, in the hands of

Equipment future. Of course, one can only the Chilean saltors, will be maintain · During“ 1988 twelve electric cranes form one's own conclusions, Fromed fit for the services that the of 3 tons have been added to the equip purely selfish and

submarine point of Chilean fleet expects of this kind of ment of the port, whick on November 1, looking at it as I do, there

boat, in order to keep its proper 1928, consisted of 529 cranes of vary- doubt the

that one feels it

it would be

ing capacities, the most powerful being a good thing that these submarine place in our continent. orders should be confined to one firm. Of course, there are differences of opinion 23 to who that firm should be, and possibly some of us here may have very decided views on the matter, and they feel, I am sure, that their opinion is entitled to res pect for their claim to be that frai As a matter of policy one knows these orders have to be scattered.

General Dawes the other day had some hard things to say about naval. officers, and how he would not leave them to eat down armaments. Pos

an

view,

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After the toasts of the King and the president of the Republic of Chile, Commander Craven Baid:—

years

"Some of

of you, in fact many of yun, have been present at the plea- sant little ceremony when the Chilean flag was hoisted on the sabmarine "Capitan O'Brien." That little care- mony represents the culmination of 16 months of hard work and сонсер tration on behalf, and the inspection

not only of

only of the staff of the works, officers of the Chilean navy here with us, but also of every workman who has been engaged in the construc- tion of the ahip, and I am proud to say that amongst them are men who hava been working for thirty more or less continuously on the specialist trade of submarine coxi- struction,

and I think, perhaps little immodestly, I can boast that the combination of inspecting officers and the staff of these works, and of the workmen with all their peri- once will result in giving great leatis. faction to our important

Miente

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I want to this opportunity of thanking the Chilean Navy, through the Admiral for the lation that have very happy re existed here be tween firstly, Captain von Schroeder and his officers and my staff, and secondly Captain Allard, his sur, We were all naturally, sorry

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