NAVAL EXERCISES

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 62, 6 December 1930, Page 11

NAVAL EXERCISES

Air Force Co-operates GOOD PRACTICE OBTAINED Dominion Special Service. Auckland, December 5. Very successful gunnery and torpedo exercises were carried out in the Hauraki Gulf during the week by H.M.S. Dunedin, flagship of the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy. Great assistance was rendered by seaplanes from the New Zealand Air Force base at Hobsonville. The Dunedin left port on Monday morning, and was followed by the sloop H.M.S. Veronica, towing the large battle practice target. The R.N.V.R. training ship H.M.T. Wakakura went out to the practice ground on Tuesday morning with the small target in tow. The two seaplanes co-operating with the navy proved extremely useful, and made the practice a complete success. Squadron-Leader Isitt and Flight-Lieu-tenant Wallingford were aboard the Fairey 111 F seaplane when she was towing the aerial target. Live high explosive shells were used for this operation, and the target was towed on a very long span. In “spotting” for gunnery practices the seaplanes were fitted with a short-' wave wireless set operated by a telegraphist lent by the Dunedin.