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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21939, 13 November 1936, Page 16

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-—•— ARRIVAL AT THIS MOEMB^iM CRUISER OF lEUmt 9H| ■■ ■WBS^ rHgjgrj! j H MS. Achilles, the Leandar cruiser which recently rirrlang Diomede in the New Zwil«d of the Royal Naw is to telton at 7 o’clock this —TiijyfTmffl Wellington on her first South island. The warship nß^B| main in port until Tuesday aunMiai when she will sail for public will be admitted to lilt to-day, to-morrow and on tween the hours of 2 pm. «aO|B| and it is expected that a number of people will avail of the opportunity of : -nrnrtinu BjT new cruiser during the week-endT iH One of the three cruisers of weffiKiP programme, H.M.S. Achilles at Birkenhead by Cammed. Company, at a cost of £I,BMUM, Si was launched on September 21 dH; - s . Lady Stanley, wife of Lord #(SHP| then Parliamentary Secretary a Admiralty, the )gnß|| ceremony. The Achilles bek«]|gi|g'tK^". i Leander class of light craiaeqL ■BS., others being the name-ship which is shortly to serve on thetjßjE?. Zealand Station, the Neptune, OtfE 11 '. Amphion and Ajax. •' “T * The Achilles has a length of aw six inches overall, with a hreaiffi-S - 55 feet eight inches and a mS draught of 16 feet, her stcutarifdE placement being 7030 tons. The Sfe - lowing table gives a compaiiaon M«w v respective sizes of the Achilles an4.gSL| : Dunedin "nd Diomede: — ” Displaoement—Leander clasa Mb ■ tons; Dunedin, 4850 tons; DionSC 4765 tons. Length—Leander class. 554| figwA Dunedin and Diomede, 472 feet Beam —Leander class, 55ft Sin; Dap ! din and Diomede, 46ft 6in. ™ i Mean draught—Leander clan.' Dunedin and Diomede, 14ft 3in. Guns —Leander class, eight (Bn, gwaC , 4in anti-aircraft, four and 18 smaller guns. Dunedin nil' Diomede, six 6in. three 4in antteK‘ craft, four three-pounders, mi «r smaller guns. Torpedo Tubes—Leander daadii, 21in. Dunedin and Diomede, It |K Speed—Leander class, 3SJ hulk * Dunedin and Diomede. 28 koala ■ Designed for High Speed The main armament of die tdflp is eight six-inch guns mounted in ■rtgt in enclosed turrets, and four loenHpHp anti-aircraft• guns. There are dm flfi|||| three-pounder guns, six and 12 other guns. The Achflka-fißa - mounts two sets of quadruple S-Mb* torpedo-tubes. The propelling machinery of Achilles comprises two sets of turbines driving twin-screws and tap*,, ing steam from high-pressure. temperature oil-nred water-tmn boilers. At the designed ipeed ofabout 32} knots the idiaft hoiae pewm * developed is 72,000. The Achilles has a sinde fang*' stream-lined funnel, a remarkable ture of which is the trunking toy ariddk the uptakes from the boilers are carried in. Although the speed is officially give as 32.5 knots, the Leander and some af her sister ships have exceeded tUi speed on several occasions. On a special platform amidships, the Achilles carries a Walras amphmim aeroplane, with folding wiqg% whidkla. started from the ship fay a rnwHr expansion catapult. A medal cane lifts the machine back on to the ship again. The aeroplane is designed mt a crew of six, a pilot, an observer, a telegraphist, a * gunner, an aimak** I man, and an ableseaman trained in parachute work. Hie land ing w brail ® are retracted into the wings when dw machine is used cm the water. It Is driven by a single engine operating a . ‘pusher” propeller, and has a rompaiatively low speed of less than 100 wiles ' an hour. A Famm Name The tenth ship of her name in da Royal Navy since 1744, the Achilles fa a very different type from her immediate forbear. That vessel, which was built in 1905, served in the Grand Fleet during the war. She was an armoured cruiser of 13,550 tons displacement aid • * 480 feet in length. Her propelling machinery was of the rectprocatfaig type and she had coal-fired boilers, her indicated horse-power being 23£Z5 for - a full speed of 23} knots. It is interesting to recall that an. „ earlier Achilles, built in 1801. was one of the first “ironclads” in the Royal' Navy. She was one of die squadron commanded by Sir Geoffrey Hornby -- that forced a passage of die Doiclm •’ elles and went to Constantinople in--1871. ■ ; The Officers r The following are die officers at HALS. Achilles:—Captain L G. Glgnnw, Commander S. H. Payton. Lieutenant*. Commanders F. B. Lloyd. B- M. Btkertson and D. L. Johnston, lieutenant!. K. F. Jennings, T. F. Coode, A. J. Pga*L K. W. Mitchell. J. eT SmaUwood. gineer-Commander E. A. DrammcaaL Engineer-Lieutenants H. A. Martin, m' N. de C. Brown, H. J. S. BanksTCmtain (Royal Marine) J. F. M. MonlbWA Surgeon-Commander T. Gwynne Jonmfc -' Paymaster-Commander E. S. Burton - Surgeoh-Lieutenant A. C. Home, Pay- - master-lieutenant A. Woodifield. Saw* Lieutenant G. H. H. Paymaster Sub-Lieutenant EL & Bid* chers. Schoolmaster W. K. Furnirnteß. Gunners D. A. Holdsworth, E. E. Bkß* ards. G. R. Davis-Goff. Warrant 1 , Engineers J. Teague and A. J. Harvey* Warrant-Electrician W. H. SkliWK* ■ Warrant-Shipwright R. C. Pearce.