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December 23, 24th & 26th,

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December 30th, 31st, January 1st and 2nd.

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SAILINGS From MAGA Oet 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. (Week daya only).

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TUESDAY, 2014 DECEMBER, 1933

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Naval Air-Mail Letter

1933 Building Programme: Naval Ap- pointments: H. M. S. Caradoc: The

Hercules" Record: "New Officers Appointments:

(Special Air-Mail Service)

London, Nov. 29.

LIMITATION OF CRUISER TONNAGE

The building

two of

large cruisers and one stuall cruiser under the 1933 programme, instead of the one large and three small cruisers originally planned, will give this country 區 total of. 88,720 tons of cruisers since the date of the London Naval Treaty This is well within the limit of 91,000 tons to which, alone among the Powers, this country agreed for its new construction in cruisers. The other countries tak- ing part in the Conference were unlimited in the amount of new tonnage they might, build, provided that they kept within certain aggregate tonnage figures. They might for example, replace a large proportion of their older cruisers and still be within the terms of the Treaty, but Great Britain could not do so by reason of her agreement to limit all new cruiser. construction to 91,000 tons." It was this speciic agreement which has given rise to the dilemma re-

to be ordered. A nominal sum of £6,518 for the coastal sloop was included in the Estimates.

Our

writes:-

Naval Correspondent

of

The two vessels so far ordered of the 1933 programme are both of novel types. The sloops

have post-Tar programmes been designed either for gen- eral service (such as the Shore- ham class), or for minesweeping (such as the Halcyon type). The 1933 programme included two or- dinary sloops, one minesweeper sloop. and new types described as mouth on December 18. Theta "convoy sloop" and a "coastal sloop" respectively. The convOY Curacoa has recently been em- ployed on trooping duties to sloop will be called the Bittern, and was ordered last month from China In the War she served in

Co., Limited. the Harwich Force and new the John Brown and

The coastal sloop is taking a name, pendant of Commodore Tyrwhitt. The Champion is an older cruiser, Kingfisher, which was last borne now two years above the omnicial by a sailing brig which served for a tender to the age Emit of 16 years.

training ship Impregnable. No particulars of the new craft are yet available for publication, büt it would not be surprising if it were decided to fit her with sall the. Admiralty in order of their power in order to afford oppor- sail to ranks, irrespective of the branch,tunities of training in ta which the officers belong. Hitherto all the executive officers' names have appeared first, then those of engineer atacats, and so n. In future this will be altered to provide that all officers of the Je relative rank will be given before those of a lower rank. An

OFFICERS' APPOINTMENTS Starting from to-day, the names of ouicers in the daily lists of Naval Appointments will be given

gineer captain, surgeon captain, or paymaster captain, for example, uld appear in the list before a commander RN.

"TRAVELLING CONCESSION

It is officially notified that the railway companies concerned have

some years aa

young officers and men.

Other vessels. of the 1933 pro- gramme, for which orders are ex- pected between now and the end of March. include three cruisers, one leader and eight destroyers, and certain three submarines, small craft such as lighters and boom defence vessels.

#C CLASS CRUISERS H.M.S. Ceres Captain G. A. Scott, D.S.C., is to pay off into the Chat- bam Reserve, at extended notice.

returned She has just

from Service with the 3rd Cruiser

THE PRINCIPAL PARTIES AT LAST WEEK'S FASHIONABLE CHINESE DOUBLE WEDDING.

The cruisers laid down in and since 1930 by the United States include eight 10,000-ton ships of Bin, guns and four 10,000-ton ships with ein, runs, making an aggre- rate tonnage of 120,000, France has laid down seven cruisers since the Treaty, one of 10,000 tons and six of 7,800 tons, an aggregate of 55,600 tons, The Japanese program-' me has been six ships of 8,500 tons, a total of 51,000 tons, An, example of the new French cruisers is La Galissonnicre, which was launched at Brest on Friday last. The description of her de- den furnished by the Paris Cor- respondent of The Times" shows: that she will be 500 tons heavier than the British Leander class, with a displacement of 7,800 tons as compared with 7,100. The armament will include nine: 610 guns in triple turreta, ascom- pared with eight Bin. guns in twin turrets in the British vessel The designed speed is the same in both types, 324 knots

Fleet,

ferred to by the First Lord in his; now agreed to the issue of "con- Squadron, Mediterranean statement a week ago.

cession" tickets to an officer's wife in which the Dauntless, from and

any children for

railway South America, is to replace her, travel during "the officer's tenure the new cruiser York replacing the an effective appointment or Dauntless. Captain Scott will go leave. in connexion therewith. to the Admiralty. as Deputy Direc- Tickets are issued at ordinary tor of Naval Intelligence, and la single fare for a return Journey, succeeded in command by Com→ and at half ordinary single fare mander W. B. Hynes, D.B.O. for a single journey. It was in With, the paying off to the Ceres, June last that the companies the number of cruisers of the agreed to the issue of third class "C" class in full commission is concession tickets to officers and reduced to five. The Cairo and their families when used in con- Coventry, serve as destroyer fag- iezlón with leave.

ships in the Home and Mediter- ranean Fleets The Carlisle is on. the Africa Station, the Colombo in the East Indies, and the Caradoc China. There were 28 of these "g" class cruisers built in the period immediately before end number during the War. The still remaining on the Hat of the Navy is 20, but 13 of them are now above the oficial age limit of 16 years, The Ceres is among this The Admiralty announce that total of 13, having been completed, the contract for HM coastal sloop in June, 1917. Nearly all, the Kinguisher has been given to the cruisers now in the Reserve. Fleet

gclass, which | Fairfield Shipbuilding and. En are vesels of the ** GUNNERY SCHOOL CRUISER

gineering Company, Limited, of means that the only cruiser.. re- H.M.B. Ouracon is to relleve Govan, Glasgow. This is the seco serve possessed by the Navy at EM.B Champion as gunnery and, ond of the vessel authorized in present consists of over-age ships.

(Continued on Page 11). torpedo school cidiser at Porta- the Navy Estimates of last March

CHINA STATION The Caradoc, Captain E. N. Syfret, is the station ship at Han kow, where she will spend, the winter. Some time next year the Caradoc is to be relieved by the Capetown, from the reserve at Devonport

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