NEW "MYSTERY SHIPS.”

Gisborne Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4474, 15 February 1917, Page 6

NEW "MYSTERY SHIPS.”

AUSTRALIAN’S TRIBUTE MELBOURNE, Feb. 8. •■J. .'.aw some of the new mystery T ip.s that- have been built for the Admiralty,” writes a Lieutenant from a h -ttlee-uiser on the Grand Fleet, who left Australia with the Australian Imperial Forces. "They are huge beautiful things, and are credited with wonderful speed. I wonder what the Huns will think when they see them. i know what I thought.” The lieutenant explains that the Admiralty allows the military officer aboard certain ships which have accommodation, and after leaving hospital for a fortnight’s furlough, he was fortunate enough to obtain a permit to spend 10 days with the fleet. . •I've had every opportunity of viewthe various squadrons at work and he writes. “It is just ripping to see the way in which every thine is carried out. Though there has been no actual fighting, there is a lot taking place. We have had it very cold and rough, with occasional o- a les and snow blizzards, including KW The captain never leaves the hrld've while the vessel is steaming. The "navy is carrying out dangerous and remarkable operations, for which it seldom receives .the praise due to it We are now quite close to \\ illy s headquarters. One day I had an opportunity of witnessing part of the deet at battle practice. Ihe ships fired all their heavy guns at towed and" I was glad to stuff cotton wool m m v ears to deaden the sound. Ihe Hun" Rest is keeping well within the mine-fields, and lias seldom left its base .since the last action.”