1941-01-11 — Page 7

Second Section

Hongkong Telegraph

SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1941.

a

of the

At Sea in Destroyer of British Navy

Magazine Features

Top right:-Look-out

men

on the bridge of a destroyer. They scan the sky for an hour at a time before they are re- lieved. More than an hour is bad for the eyes.. The watch is constantly kept up in war-

time.

Right centre:-The guns are kept constantly ready for action, so oiling and cleaning

are an essential routine every

day. The photo shows a four- inch in the foreground and a 4.7 inch in the background being worked while the ship steams

along.

Top left:-A twin-mounted Hotchkiss anti-aircraft chine-gun in action.

ma-

Lower-left:-Torpedo-men putting depth settings on the depth charges which are used to blow up enemy submarines. Bottom_picture_shows_a_des- troyer flotilla at exercises-the ships are manoeuvring in a

choppy sea.