NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.
CHANGE ON THE CHATHAM. [FHOM OVR OWN" CORBESrOND&iT.] LONDON. Sep*. 9b •■■",. Commander the Hon. G. Stopford, R.N., has been appointed to the light cruiser, Chatham, for service in New „. Zealand, and will be lent to the Dominion Government for a period net exceeding three years. Up to last May Commander Stafford was executive officer at the submarine depot, Portsmouth. From - 1014 to 1918 he served in H-M.S. Orion; ' Vi tho Grand Fleet, which was present: .at Jutland, and following his promotiea > he was in the light cruiser, Cuester. Captain P. H. Hall Thompson, B.N-,, V has been appointed to H.M.S. Victory j as Coastguard Captain, Portsmouth Com-- j mand. rl Captain Dudley B. N. North, C.M.<V V C.V.0., has assumed command of tW light, cruiser, Caledon, the second B^ 8 ?'. Ron, Atlantic Fleet, at Chatham, "' : succession to Captain A. H. C. Canfl>, . ■ -y- ,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18235, 31 October 1922, Page 8
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