RIVER PLATE BATTLE
RELICS FOR AUCKLAND SPAR FROM ACHILLES DAMAGED STEEL PLATING (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. Two relics of the battle of the River Plate, commemorating the part played in it by H.M.S. Achilles, are to be presented to Auckland through the good offices of the cruiser’s present commanding officer, Captain H. M. Barnes. The gifts are part of the cruiser's mainmast, 29ft. in length, on which the New Zealand ensign was flown for the first time in history as a battle flag, and a piece of steel-plating showing damage caused by a shell splinter. The mast is to be erected on Achilles Point, St. Helier’s. The piece of steelplating has been mounted in a mahogany case with a glass front and will be presented to the Auckland War Memorial Museum. A dirk worn by Lord Nelson as a midshipman, a relic which the Mayor, Sir Ernest Davis, placed in the custody of Commodore W. E. Parry, C. 8., after the return of the Achilles to New Zealand, will be deposited in the museum for the duration of the war.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20526, 9 April 1941, Page 6
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182RIVER PLATE BATTLE Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20526, 9 April 1941, Page 6
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