H.M.S. DIOMEDE.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20381, 30 October 1931, Page 17

H.M.S. DIOMEDE.

VISIT TO LYTTELTON. ARRIVAL DELATED BY FOG. v 2Teariy t&rw hours behind her exjwdedtiniaof arrival, H.M.S. Diomede, flyißg the fag of Rear-Admiral Geoffrey Blake, C.8., D.5.0., Commodore of the Ne* Zealand Station, entered the moJeg at duik I n ßt evening, and berthed et 7.30. Tta Diomede left Timaru at 7.30 yeat«dsy Homing, and. made a goti jeaMgs until she tu'.ned the Pen- *. iniula, when heavy sea-foj, was encountered. The vessel slowed up and fin- ) % tijto uehot until a breeze sprang I np and lifted the fog. ■ ,0a her piesent 'cruise the Diomede left Auckland on September 2&th, and pnoeeddd to Wellington, thence to the Wwt Coast Sounds where, with the exemption of a day in Milford Sound, exWftionally rough weather was experiMced. From the Sounds the cruiser •JtMWded to Bluff, thenca Dune din, Qtaaru, and Timaro. Prom Lytteltou to Akaroa, thence to Wcllingttt for two days, to take in oil-fuel at Mfranur. Napier will be the next pore f -rf till, being the Diomede's first visit •tee she was there following the earthDjUk& At Port Fitzroy the Diomede frill meet fie sloops Veronica and LaWfiMan, and gunnery practice in HauGulf will follow. The Diomede will *piV9 fttck at Auckland on December 1 ■' at Lyttelton extended lca^e ]Pbo giasted to those ratings whose are in the South Island. i:'| i. i List if Officers. 1 aie the Diomede's officers; f /aP-Admiral Geoffrey Blake, C.8., »0. (Commodore Commanding New 2JN4 Station); Paymaster Lieuten«®<Sßioaßtouer W. J. G. Prophit (Secreyjf to Commodore Commanding New . .■"•foiuLStation); Commander V. A. C. ■ V.C., D.S.C.; Lieutenant-Com-W.«,Qarfee, Lieutenant- Com!®Sj'flr- B. Airey, Lieutenant V. F- ' Untenant R. J. H. Ryan, Lieu- ' McN. Waiter, Lieutenant C. Sub-Lieutenant G. E. BintjCommander (E.) V. E. lieutenant (E.) C. W. Jones, Hoyal Marines, J. C. Westall. 'WWMkmniander A. W. Gunn, Pay* •gyfloainander W. E. H. Jolly, Pay- ; Salientenant W. B. C. C. Evans, JKrtf*Gunner (T) C. H. H. E. Hayter, Warrant IWtt A. M. Watts, Warrant EnGilbert, Warrant-Engineer ttttufra,, Schoolmaster V. W. PhiljUto exception of Bear-Admiral Lieutenant-Command- * Tl "utenant.V. F. Boyle, EnIder Y. E. Kemball, and (tenant Evans, all are risit to Lyttelton. mnal Calls. ' at ten o'clock the chairrbour Board (Captain H. cretary (Mr C. H. ClibHarbourmaster (Captain rill call upon.Kear-Admir--10.15 calls will be made of Lyttelton (Mr F. E. >WH Clerk (Mr F, Hobbs), ' Of Christchurch (Mr D. P.), and Town Clerk (Mr