KING'S INTEREST.
CONVOY PROBLEMS. Attends Conference Of Captains. British Official Wireless. (Read. 2 p.m.) RL 7 GBV, Dee. 29. The King has personally assured himself of the great eare with which arrangements for convoys are worked out by the naval authorities. He recently visited a port for this purpose, and he attended one of the informal conferences at which the eaptains of merchantmen and escorting warships meet to discuss their problems before leaving. The skippers and naval personnel were seated together round a table receiving instructions from a naval captain when the King walked into the room accompanied by the c-ommander-iu-chief of the port. At the conferences, which are alwavs held a few hours before the convoy sails, the po-itiou each ship shall take is decided, as well as the methods tu be adopted in ca.-e of attack, either by surface raider. l_~-br,at or aircrait. The Kinir was shown a chart <-f the po-iliou* each >hip would t.i and a!-o where the (w.>ning wai>hi]>s w«j;jlJ bo positioned, and he li = Ui,ed t«. ti-c discussions at the conference. -AJte: uy: Js His Majesty met the bkijijiers and talked with them individual!}-. Several of the skippers were from Allied countries. The commodore of this convoy was a Dutchman, and the .Kiiyf had a long talk with liim.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 309, 30 December 1940, Page 7
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