H.M.S. ACHILLES

Grey River Argus, 1 December 1938, Page 9

H.M.S. ACHILLES

Departure for England

WELLINGTON, November 29. Several changes will be made among the officers of H.M.S. Achilles, flagship of the New Zealand Division of the Royal before she leaves Auckland on Friday for England to recommission. The cruiser was last recommissioned at Chatham on March 31, 1936. On the departure of the Achilles, Captain J. W. Rivett-Carnac, at; present in command of H.M.S. Leander, will become commodore of the New Zealand Squadron, in succession to Commodore I. G. Glennie, who will take H.M.S. Achilles back to England Paymaster-Lieutenant-Commander G. H. Ashby, who assumed duty as commodore’s secretary early this year, will . transfer from the Achilles to the new flagship. Lieutenant-Com-mander P. Dawnay, squadron signal officer, Commander A. J. Norris, squadron engineer officer, and Sur-geon-Lieutenant A. C. Horne will also transfer from the Achilles to the Leander. Engineer-Commander F. W. Jones will transfer from the Leander to the Achilles, Lieutenant H. H. Culme-Seymour, who transferred from H.M.S. Dunedin to H.M.S. Leander last year, will make the voyage to England in H.M.S. Achilles as a guest as his term of service on the station is expiring. The complement oi tae cruiser will also include three officers and 10 ratings of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, for whom the trip will be in the nature of extended sea training. • The list of officers leaving in H.M.S. Achilles is as follows: Commodore I. G. Glennie, Commander S. H. Paton, Lieutenant-Commander (Navigating) F. B. Lloyd, Lieutenant-Commander (Gunnery) D. L. Johnston, Lieutenant Commander R. F. Jennings, Lieuten? ant (Pilot) T. P. Coode, Lieutenant (Torpedo) A. J. Dent, Lieutenant (Observing J. E. Smallwood, Lieutenant D. J. Godden, Lieutenant C. S. N. Tomlin, Engineer-Commander F. WJones, Lieutenant (Engineer) H. A. Martin, Lieutenant (Engineer) M. N. de C. Brown, Lieutenant (Engineer) H. J. S. Banks, Captain (Royal Marines) C. E. Phillips, Surgeon-Com-mander T. Gwynne-Jones, PaymasterCommander E. S. Burton, PaymasterLieutenant A. Woodifield, Paymaster Lieutenant H. R. Butchers, Commissioned Engineer J. G. Revolta, Chief Warrant Officer W. L. Furmston (schoolmaster), Gunner D. A. Holdsworth, Gunner E. E. Richards, Gunner (Torpedo) G. R. Davis-Goff, Warrant Shipwright R. C. Pearce, Warrant Engineer J. Teague, Warrant Electrician W. H. Skinner.

AUCKLAND, November 29,

Final preparations for the departure of H.M.S. Achilles on Friday morning for England are at present being made. The cruiser will leave Devonport naval base at 10.30 a.m., and will not be seen again at Auckland until about May next. When Commodore Glennie transfers his command to Captain Rivett-Car-nac, the cruiser Leander will automatically become the flagship of the squadron. An outstanding feature of the change will be that it has to be made in the absence of Captain Rivett-Carnac and his ship, since the Leander is at present engaged on a special cruise in the Pacific. Because of this, none of the usual ceremony which accompanies the transfer of a commodore’s flag will be possible, and it is likely that signals exchanged by radio between the two ships will bo the only tangible evidence of the change.