H.M.S. CURACOA.

Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 282, 29 November 1890, Page 7

H.M.S. CURACOA.

A CRUISE ROUND NEW ZEALAND,

OFFICERS' ACTIVE SERVICE

RECORDS.

Considerarle interest is manifested in town in the visit of a British man-o'-war to Auckland again, and H.M.s. Curacoa having hitherto been a stranger to these waters, moro than ordinary curiosity is aroused in the ship and her officers. She is lying at anchor of tho Freezing Works Reclamation. The Harbourmaster, Capt. Burgess, visited the ship yesterday afternoon and waa courteously received by Capt. Stopford.. A number of the officers and meu wore about town to-day.

According to the programme ab present sketched oub for her, the Curaeoa is nob to make a very long stay in the Waitemata. Capb. Stopford has instructions from Admiral Sir Charles Scott to take his ship on a cruiso round New Zealand circumnavigating the colony. She is to remain here until about Tuesday next, when she goes up to the Bay of Islands on a brief visit, and returns at the cad of the week. After another weak spent here she saile for Lyttelfcon, whore sho will He during the Christmas and New Year holidays. Early in January Port Chalmers i» 6o be visited, and the Curacoa proceeds on a trip rouud to the West Coast Sounds through Foveaux Straits. She calle in afc Preservation Inleb, Dusky Sound and Bligk Sound, and returns North up the Wesb Coasb. She will touch off Taranaki, and call in ab the Manukau about January 30bh, and then mako a brief visit to the Kaipara. On rounding the North Cape she will call in ab Whangaroa, and then return to Auckland. Sho ia timed to arrive here again aboub the middle of February next. Several of the Curacoa's officers have seen a good deal of active service Qα former commissions ia other British war-vessel?, and hold quite a brilliant array of war-medals and claspa. ■ Her commander, Captain Robert W. Stopford, was formerly commander of H.M.s. Arab, and served during ike naval and military operations in the Soudan, and with the Naval Brigade landed for the protection of Suakin in March, 1884. He bolda the Egyptian medal and the Khedive's bronze star. Chief-Lieut. Valentine David Hughes •was Navigating Sub-Lieut, of H.Jd.s. Ringdove during the operations in the Malay Peninsula, Perak Expedition of 1875-1876, for which service he received- the Perak medal and clasp, lie was lieucenanb of H.M.a. Humber, during tho operations in Eastern Soudan ab Suakin, 1884-1885, and received the Egpytian medal Suakin 1885, claep and Khedive's bronze star. Lieutenant Cecil C. Treherne was a midshipman on board H.M.s. Shah during the engagement with the Peruvian rebel burreb ship Huascar, off the town of Ylo on the 29th May, 1877. He was also sub-lieutenant of H.M.s. Temeraire during the Egyptian War of 1883, and holds the Egyptian raodal and Khedive's bronze sbar. vernon Maud was Bub-lieutenant of H.M.s. Decoy during the Egyptian War, 1882, and holds tho Egyptian medal and Khedive's bronze star, Hβ was lieutenant of H.M.s Cygnet during the operations in the Eastern Soudan at Suakin 1884-5, aud received the Suakin clasp. Staff-Paymaster William J. Nash was Assistant-Paymaster of H.M.s. Amethyst during the engagement with the Peruvian rebel turret ship Huascar, off Ylo, 29th May, 1877. The Chief Engineer, Thomas Morris, was Assistant Engineer of H.M.s. Ringdove, during .the operations in the Malay Poninsulii-, vPerak expedition of 1875-76, and holds the Perak medal and elaap. Assign ant . Paymaster Augustus H. Brigsbock was clerk of . H.M.s. Sultan at the bombardment of Alexandria, 11th July, 1882, and during the Egyptian war, aud holds the Egyptian medal, Alexandria clasp, and Khedive's bronze star. E. Covenay was boatswain of H.M.B. Malabar during tho Egyptian war, 1882, and has the Egyptian modal and Khedive's bronze star. Hβ was al«o boatswain of H.M.a. Euryalus, flagship during the operations in the Eastern Soudan, st Suakin, 1884, and has the Suakin clasp.