TWO NEW CRUISERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20088, 27 October 1928, Page 13

TWO NEW CRUISERS.

WARSHIP FOR AUSTRALIA. MOVEMENTS OF CANBERRA. (Received October '26, 6.3 p.m.) British Wireless. RUGBY. Oct. 25. The 10,000 tons cruiser Canberra, a sister ship of the Australia, which has recently boon at Plymouth for trials, is now at Cromarty. This week she is carrying nut gunnery and other exercises in Moray Firth with vessels of the Atlantic Fleet The Canberra is due at Portsmouth on November 1, and will finally sail for Australia to join the Royal Australian Navv on December 4.

TRIALS OF H.M.S. LONDON. SERVICE IN MEDITERRANEAN. (Received October -8, 5.2."> p.m.) British Wireless. KUOBY. Off. 25. The latest ship in tho British Navy to bear tho name London is now undergoing her trials, the result of which will ho kept secret, in accordance with the modern Admiralty practice. As soon us the trials are completed the London is to go out to the Mediterranean as (lag ship of one of the cruiser squadrons there The vessel is one of the 10,000 ton county class of cruisers, and not one of the 8000 ton city class. The City of London has always been very keenly interested in ships named after it. These have been numerous, both armed merchantmen and ships of the regular Navy.

The last warship with this name was tho 18-fcnot battleship of 15,000 tons which distinguished itself at tho Dardanelles in 1915, and-afterwards co-operated with the Italiari fleet based on Taranto, tho southern Italian port. After the avnristico she was broken up.