RIVER PLATE BATTLE.
TWO RELICS FOR AUCKLAND.
(P.A.) AUCKLAND, April 8. Two relics of the battle of the River Plate, commemorating the part played in it by H.M.S. Achilles, are to be presented to Auckland through the good offices of the cruiser’s present commanding officer, Captain H. M. Barnes. Tlxe gifts are part of the cruiser’s mainmast, 29 feet in length, on which the New Zealand ensign was flown for the first time in history as a battle flag. The mast will be erected on Achilles Point, St. Heliers. The other relic is a piece of steel plating showing the damage caused by a shell splinter. This has been mounted in a mahogany case, with .a glass front, and will be presented to the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
A dirk worn by Lord Nelson as a midshipman, a relic which the 'Mayoi; (Sir Ernest Davis) placed in the custody of Commodore W. E. Parry after the return of the' Achilles to New Zealand, will bo deposited in the museum for the. duration of the war.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 152, 9 April 1941, Page 9
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