THE TARGET SHIP

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 82, 3 October 1929, Page 9

THE TARGET SHIP

WITH ATLANTIC FLEET

CREWS UNCOMFORTABLE JOB

"Times" Cftblea.

(Eeceived 3rd October, 1 p.m.)

LONDON, 2nd October. The Navy's most uncomfortable job must surely bo. that of the crow of the target ~ ship Centurion, says the Naval eorres-. pondent of "The Times," attending tho Atlantic Fleet manoeuvres. It is an almost daily round of placing belongings behind armour, abandoning ship, watching her riddled mercilessly, recovering possessions, and repairing the damage. To-day tho Centurion was pounded by the battle-cruisers Kenown, Eepulso, and Tiger, bombed by aircraft, and finally subjected to a close-Tango night attack by H.M.S. Nelson, which, steaming without lights, sighted the Centurion by searchlights at a distance of two thousand yards. The Nelson's six-inch shells threw up fountains of spray, and showers of sparks as they struck tho armoured hull, funnels, and superstructure. After that the destroyor Shikari, which wirelessly operates the Centurion, switched on the lights and tho Centurion's crew returned to make the best of their much-battered quarters.