H.M.S. RENOWN.

Otago Witness, Issue 3806, 22 February 1927, Page 17

H.M.S. RENOWN.

LIST OF OFFICERS. (From Our Own Correspondent.] LONDON, December 28. It was not until the current issue of the Navy List was issued that it was possible to know how H.M.S. Renown -..was to be commissioned for her coming 4our with the Duke and Duchess of York. And even after this was published there have been several additional gazettings. It almost goes without saying that everyone chosen is greatly appreciative of the honour in being selected for the trip, and each one is looking forward •with much pleasure to seeing New Zealand and Australia. The Renown’s captain is Captain Norton A. Sulivan. It will at once be noticed that his name is spelled in rather an unusual way, bul~ the family with a - solitary “1” have been connected with the Royal Navy - for five generations. Admiral Sir Bartholomew James Sulivan, distinguished in Parana and Baltic campaigns, was in the Beagle during her voyage with Charles Darwin. It is his grandson 'who is captain of the Renown. His only brother, Captain Gerald Sulivan, B.Sc., joined the Royal Marines in the war, and was killpd while serving in the Royal Naval Division in the attack on Beaumont Hamel in 1916. As a midshipman in H.M.S. Forte Captain Sulivan took part in the Benin Expedition in 1897. He took “five firsts” in examinations for lieutenant, and qualified as torpedo specialist (this in the Royal Navy includes electricity). He served as torpedo officer of H.M.S. Dreadnought during her trials and first commission. As commander, he was in command of the destroyers Hope, Moon, and Marksman, which during the war were attached to the Grand Fleet and based at Scapa Flow. In the Marksman he served in the Battle of Jutland, and was mentioned in despatches. In July, 1917, Captain Sulivan was a duty captain at the Admiralty. He had command of H.M.S. Cordelia (cruiser), in the Atlantic Fleet; he was on the instructional staff at the Royal Naval War College, Greenwich; and he was again at the Admiralty as Director of Torpedo Division, Nava'l Staff, from which he was appointed to the Renown in July, 1926. He commanded her during “working up” practices with the Atlantic Fleet, culminating in the very - successful “concentration” practice done by the battle cruiser squadron on October 30 before the Dominion Prime Ministers. In 1912 he married Gladys Eva, daughter of Mr Leonard Maton, who belongs to an old Wiltshire . family, and he has three daughters. Commander Norman Cameron Moore, D. 5.0., p.s.e. Greenwich, joined H.M.S. Britannia m 1904, and went to sea in May, 1905, serving as midshipman in innQi Im P la eable and Swiftsure. In IJOB he went through courses and examinations .for the rank of lieutenant, promotion coming in July, 1909: He then m the battleships Formidable and Commonwealth in the Atlantic Fleet, • ta,S u ,„ y l ßg as a gunnery specialist J? 1 m 1 , 213 ' • 1914 he was G. officer of the Edgar, in the 10th Cruiser Squadron, and in June, 1916, he was appointed as first lieutenant and G. officer of the monitor Sir John Moore. In her he served until October, 1918, taking part in most of the operations on the Belgian coast, including the blocking of Ostend Vn rb ?cnQ by X indictive on May H ° served during 1919 in xi.-bl. ships Carlisle and Canada, and from the end of 1919 to the end of 1921 as G. officer of the Ajax in the Mediterranean IGeet; then as G. officer of the Roy al Sovereign, where he was promoted to commander in July, 1923. As a comn le Ilas , b ® en though the R.N. Staff College, and he has served fob two years at the Admiralty in „the Trade R»\ V o SlO n° f the F aval Staff - 1,1 January, 1919, Commander Moore „ gained the Belgian Croix de Guerre. He was awarded the D. 8.0. for service in monitors oft the Belgian coast from July to November, 1919. • AnPjf2*} e^ nt ' Comman . der G - Curteis entered the service in September, 1905 a ’ ld n™ lieutenant-commander in 192_. During the war he served in the .VSarspite, Boadicea, and Godetia. Eieutenant-Commander M. J Man sergh, assistant navigating officer, en--19251 hl ie nft ryiCe i V 1 i? 09 ’ and in October, IJ-o, fie attained to his present rank 'He saw war service in the Zealandia, Alarm and Rigorous (destroyers). ' ’ Lieutenant-commander the Hon C R Spencer possesses the D.S.C. and bar ’and the Cioix de Guerre, and he was mentioned in despatches three times during the war. He was awarded the DSC for services in the Auxiliary Patrol,'and the bar for services in the blocking iim r a C M V i° Stend - i F hile command? mg a C.M.B. he escorted the Vindictive ashore, and was under fire of the batteries on the mole at Zeebrugge. - Lieutenant-Commander C. H Drasre During t 0 th ? RenoWn in J ’ uly during the war he served in the Erin B A d ° o n f ’ f 2l \ tt d Gochrane. He is a 190? h f o °« £ord Uni , ve f6ity. In 1921 and iavav 1 hi«’£ S awarded the Prize in the l\ench e for ? r ° m August, 1914, to May, 1915, he served m the North Sea and Atlantic with H M S Va Tn ? e was in, H.M.S. Forward in the North Sea and the Eastern MediteriTHMS Om T J . une q Y 3 5 ’ to July 1918 aßd m H.M.S. Indomitable trom August, 1918 In Wat & the North Sea - in J; 919 th -is quahfiecl as specialist in torpedo. From October, 1920, until DeSer ' ed in Titania with the 4th Submarine Flotilla in the Far East, and as staff officer to the captain (D) of 4th Destroyer Flotilla in the MedifT ¥ ay ’ 1924 - until Mare' 1926. Most Naval officers are fond of sport and games, and Lieut.-Commander Hodgson plays lawn tennis, hockey, golf. He shoots and fashes, too. Lieut.-Commander J. Figgins attained to present rank in November, 1923. He served in Marshal Ney, Firedrake, and Torpedoboat No. 8 during the war. Lieut.-Commander (G) J. C. Leach shines at most games. At Malta in 1922 lie

was champion at racquets. During the war he served in Erin, and attained to his present rank in December, 1923. ’ Lieut. R. S. Barry is really a submarine officer doing his two. years’ time in Renown. All submarine officers have to serve for two years in general service (usually in battleships or battle-cruisers) after serving for about six years in submarines. In July, 1928, on completion ofwtwo years in the Renown he will return to submarine service. Lieut. Barry entered the R.N. College at Osborne in September, 1912, going on to Dartmouth in September, 1914. On leaving Dartmouth in 1915 he joined H.M.S. Temeraire at Scapa Flow, and was present in this ship at Jutland in May, 1916. Toward the end of 1917 he left Tameraire and joined H.M.S. Snowdrop as sub-lieutenant. Snowdrop was based at Queenstown, and was employed on convoy work and anti-submarine measures. Leaving Snowdrop in July, 1918, he joined H.M.S. Dolphin submarine base at Portsmouth for course in submarines. On completion of this course in October, 1918, he joined H.M.S. Maidstone at Harwich. He was present at the taking over of the German submarines. In November, 1918, he joined H.M. Submarine E 53, and remained in her guarding U-boats at Harwich till June, 1919, when he went to Plymouth, and paid off.in October, 1919. He next proceeded to do courses for rank of lieutenant until September, 1920. He was promoted lieutenant in December, 1919. In September, 1920, he joined Submarine KB, and in December, leaving the submarine, he went to China, serving there for two and a half years in Submarine L 33 as first lieutenant. Returning to England in June, 1923, he joined Submarine Ll 4, and remained in her till May, 1924. He proceeded then to H.M.S. Vulcan for commanding officer’s course in submarine attacking; on completion, in August, 1924, he took command of Submarine H 27 at Portsmouth, and remained in her till joining the Renown. In adopting the Senior Service as his profession, Lieutenant J. S. S. LitchfieldSpeer follows in his father’s footsteps. The latter officer, Captain LitchfieldSpeev, died a short time ago. Lieutenant A. C. Luce did not serve at sea during the war, and in 1918 he was still at Dartmouth under training. In 1921 he went to sea as a midshipman in the Iron Duke, which was then flagship of the Mediterranean fleet. He remained in her until the beginning of 1924, and was lucky enough to see the burning of Smyrna. After 18 months of the usual training courses at—Home, be was again sent to the Mediterranean as a sub-lieutenant in H.M.S. Cardiz. In May last he returned home and was appointed to the Renown. This young officer is keen on most forms of sport, including shooting, fishing, hunting. He is a poloplayer and likes riding; lawn tennic and squash rackets are others of his pastime interests.

Major (R.M.) T. L. Hunton, 0.8. E., was well known as a cricketer when serving on the China station. He joined the Royal Marines in September, 1903, and was promoted captain in September, 1914. In 1919 he was made Bt.-Major for distinguished services during the war, and in 1924 he became major. From 1914-17 he was in the Minotaur, and from August, 1917, to March, 1919, he was in H.M.S. Lord Nelson. He served on the staff as G. 5.0.1. to the admiral in the /Egean. The award of the 0.8. E. came for distinguished services during the war. Engineer-Commander C. E. Sutton has been in the service since 1902. He has served in the destroyers Marion and Tower. Promotion to present rank came in 1919. Engineer-Lieut.-Commander H. E. le Poidevin received early naval engineering training at the Mechanical Training Establishment at Chatham. On the outbreak of war he was serving in H.M.S. Ghurkha in ■ the Dover patrol. In December, 1914, he was appointed to H.M.S. Lion, flagship of Admiral Beatty, and was present at the battle of Dogger Bank in January. 1915. He joined H.M.S. Cumberland in March, 1916, employed on escort duties in Atlantic convoys. After the war he served in H.M.S. Raleigh on the North America and West Indies station. Before joining H.M.S. Renown, in March last, he served for two and a .half years in H.M.S. Assistance, fleet repair ship. The Gloucester was another of his ships. He attained his present rank in February, 1925.

Lieut. A. J. H. Goodwin (act.) entered Osborne in 1918, entered Keyham for the engineering course which lasted from 1922-26, and'was promoted lieutenant (E) in August of tlie latter year. He is the son of Engineer-Captain Goodwin, who was engineer-officer of H.M.S. Hood on special service squadron visit to New Zealand. Lieut. Goodwill is interested in most sports. He was captain of Dartmouth Rugger fifteen, 1921, and played hockey for the Navy in 1926. The chaplain is the Rev. Basil H. .Lloyd-Oswell, M.A., who was educated at St. Johns College, Oxford, and Ely theological College. He was ordained deacon by the Bishop of London in 1909 and priest in 1911. His first curacy was m the slum parish of St. Columba’s Haggerston, where, in an area of four furlongs by one furlong there were 7500 people. He stayed there until 1913, and, becoming Chaplain R.N. in 1914 h e served throughout the war. His ships were H.M.S. Monarch (2nd Battle Squadron Grand Fleet, 1914-15), H.M.S. Cumberland, H.M.S. Devonshire (North American Squadron, 1915-17), H.M.S. T ? attle Squadron, Grand Fleet' 1917-19). He was present at the surrender ? igh Seas ’ Fleet - has the 1914-10 Star and the General Service and the Victory Medals. Retiring from the service in 1920, Mr LloydOswell became senior curate at the parish church of Carshalton, Surrey remaining for two years. He then became te-the Bishop of Gibraltar (1922-23) , during which time he travelled extensively through Spain, Portugal, and Northern Africa, visiting colonies of British people. Later he became licensed preacher in the diocese of Southwark and re-entered the navy in 1924 His’ ship was H.M.S. Cardiff. From 1924 to 1926 he was with the 3rd Cruiser Squadron, Mediterranean Fleet. He carried introductions to various Greek bishops while cruising in Greek waters, and he visited them. He was largely responsible lor arranging for the reception of the

Anglo-Catholic pilgrunagt in Malta In I? 1926 be became chaplain to H.M.S. Renown. Mr Lloyd-Oswell is fond ot rowing. He rowed in the college VIII in Oxford m 1905-6 and in the interTenn^ 1 •' / 6g^ta ! at Paris ’* n 1906. -Gpme and golf also are among nis interests. He is a member of the Church Imperial Club, Westminster. I: “structor Lieutenant-Commander A. E Hall 0.8. E. (1925), A.R.C.S. (1906) in t T P ° r ? l ; y n lns tructor lieutenant 1?1 ? 13 -’ as 600 n as he ha <l P°“ pl £ed J 11 8! draining at Greenwich. HM S Tnfl 18 m ter h ? was gazetted to H.M.S. Inflexible, and m August, 1918 ffitrp tra n Sf^ rred i-i. to t Y e Royal Haval College, Dartmouth. In August, 1921, he and Mav le of Ca +l. et ' trai,li ? g f, ship Thunderer, at tlm ‘t? 4 y - ear Rowing saw him htm tb Englne - erlng Coll ege, KeytffFTj There he remained from May, 1922 to 1 th» P p mber last ’ he was gazetted to the Renown. This officer il reeogmonl tO^ b l a i man of Very sound judgUw t tffin d h FT o b l en speciall y selected for rue trip He has been a verv keen work y Payer ’ has done a lot Of work as umpire. He was one of the team KeyhaS E N - E -. C«lle« Silo'™ i- '"? LS g lve n his 0.8. E argely for his valuable services at KevcaarrvinT °" ganis , in g the curriculum and rr y ing tlnough the scheme of work there. This engineering college has been in the course of making, and Instructor Lieutenant-Commander Hall has been oi tne noik on the school side. Siurgeon-Commamler G. R. M'Cowen, on August i’ 0 Wa i926 PP °H ted t 0 the sl , lip the OB F inioio He as awa rded dnffimVHm 1919 f ° r ? ervi ces rendered .anrin«: the war, particularly on the Somaliland coast in 1916, and with the Ii.A.AI. Siege Battery in 1917 in hl “ - received the Aemiralt, s appreciate ot hi a serv i ces £tw"e S „ ■ e “ a, ' ch ’<»* M.v u . r o s ! o o.fe m 'SV V 511 - in Zealand for he" -„” ta oTth ° f Y al “ '? » in On the return of tht ship h P was awarded the M.V.O. When tin! hi r T92s-tl f ' W m es went to South Africa and l9 nn ‘fl’’ 3 ofil , cer was again on the staff and on the return of the battle-cruiser he was given the 0.8. E. ciuiser Surgeon-Lieutenant J. M. Sloane wna posted to the Renown last July. h-heutenant Viscount Dunwich is s SdbtX. n'r £r'be“ d ?°“d te “ HaK St SuffolL-’ th l h " p ,“ ronts of Henham Hall, Suffolk, where there have been rejoicings on account of his coming of age The tenants and their wives presented Timr Wltb an inscribed silver salver There was a county ball and much enter' taming m his honour enter-Cominancl-gunner J. W. J. Draisev sauadl

entered thlSvnl t E ’ Ben nett in Navy in January, 1898 in the engine room, and served through GER * IOUS F' ade J c up to and including G.E.K.A. and artificer-engineer to nrd parts H IT haS served in most flotilH e was ,. ser . vi ng in the Note torpedo tn tdla ’. fi contln ni ng there until promoted to artificer-engineer in December 1916 when he was appointed to H.M.S’ Shannon, on the northern patrol. There he remained until appointed to HM S ?q a^ b T’ ley (mine-sweeper). In March 1920, he was appointed warrant ordnance officer, and m October,-G926, commissioned fi S hL a e, Ce wi’rel C e e s r s, and “ bi. 1“ 1900 v °- m * lay ’> IS99 ’ until September 1902. Prior to the war he was for five years on the staff of the admiral commanding reserves. In the early part of the war until August, 1917, he was secretary to Commodore Ellison at the naval base, Lowestoft. From the latter date imtil January, 1919, he served with the Admiralty convoy section, and for this duty he gained his 0.8. E. For rathe? more than a year (January, 1919 to lebruary, 1920) he was secretary to’the principal naval transport officer, and for services here he gained the D.S.O. After b Nr b?C ? m a secretary to Captain Consett, Naval Adviser, Supreme Council to ar hX d subsequently he was assistant 1920 ead t ° f naval section, Paris, May, IJ2O, to September, 1922. From November 1923, to January, 1926 lie was secretary to the League of Nations ?o en the a ßenmvn Y WaS a P poia ted.

. Cd.-R.M. Gunner H. R. Horne, R.M is in his *twenty-eighth year of service l' lth oyal Marines, having served from 1906 to 1903 in the old Channel Fleet, from 1904 to 1906 on the West Indian station, and after that (before the V l ar M le serve <i in the Atlantic Fleet on the Dreadnought. At the outbreak of the war he was in H.M.S. Centurion, where he served for five years, and during the whole of the war in the second battle squadron of the Grand Flaat, taking part in all the naval operations of the battleship fleet. Incidentally, in company with other ships of his squadsJlip was 111 Kiel Canal, with the Kaisers yacht in-the vicinitv, at the time (or immediately prior to) the Sarajevo trouble. In 1920 this officer went to Ireland (Donegal), and served for nearly two years there during the troublesome times of Sinn Fein; he was in charge of a detachment protecting coastguard stations. In August. 1923. he ic f t for Constantinople, where he joined his ship, the King George, in the Dardanelles just in time to go with her to Smyrna, where he witnessed the retreat ot the Greek troops, and later landed at Smyrna. During the time it was burning he was examining passports and evacuating British refugees to transports and British men-of-war. After that he was at the Dardanelles, both in the trenches at Chanak and ashore mounting naval guns on Gallipoli Peninsula before the signing of the Treaty of Mudania. Ud.-Gunner Horne completed an interesting two and a-half years on the MediAT l A ?^'2 eal i station, the last twcT years in H.M.S. Empress of India, by landing with the marines and taking over the Customs during the trouble at Alexandria.

He joined the Renown on commissioning on September 2. ° Gunner f (T.) Henry A. Hill has had 14| years service in the Royal Navy and consequently has had a life pretty fuff of incident—a sailor’s life is always one full of variety. When war broke out he was serving in H.M.S. Liverpool, and—remained in her until 1915, being present at the Battle of Heligoland, as well as helping to chase the German commerce raiders in the South Atlantic. His next ship was the Birkenhead, which was engaged in the Battle of Jutland. A A ter u ln 1817 and 1918, he was attached to the Dover patrol on escort &’^ aS We ? a o ? n the Belgian and .trench coasts. Subsequently in a de- ? a m d at Port Edgar ’ Scotland, merchant ships were convoyed and other Wiffk: d fl n Tn After tlla armistice Gunner flotllla was despatched to the Mediterranean where it remained until about, the end of 1920, and where life was very interesting. On detached duty visits were made-to most of the Adriatic ports—Venice, Pola, Eiume, etc. Since u™ G ? ln n er Hill ha - s spcat a ceHaffi time at the various training establishments and in the Atlantic Fleet. Iff July last he was appointed to the Renown. Gunner (T) A. E. Nicholls (act.) has had 17 years in the service, and has Ii? d lo a n 1 iQ m i ber ° f .commissions abroad. In 1911-13 he was m H.M.S Drake on of e the U wT a r‘r Statioi 2 Durin g the whole or tne war he was at sea—H M S sm,, non (Battle of Jutland), H.M.S. Swallow (attached to the famous Harwich deof ti>e r (Y otllla )>~ present at the surrender in/ nis an submarines to that flotilla Ti rl- h. preBen ‘ at Smyrna when the liukb burned the city in 1922 and arrived at Yokohama two days after the d ’ sastl -ous earthquake in the autumn of work. 1 e US SUP helped in the rescue

V ’Bnsineer A. J. Lee entered the Rojal navy at the age of 16 through open HMS^F- 0 e * a,H in a tion. ll e j oi P ed iqno‘ S i? E g ‘V d a r Pol ’tsmouth in July, 1909—Fisgard, of course, beiim the mechanical training establishment°where of 0 ?h a P J 0 R ty engine room artificer? Hme L I ya i^ avy are now trained ■tiere he served four years’ apprenticein IP I9I3 d P p? 6ed out t° s ea as an E.R.A. , He passed' through the war of l a^ y kind ’ serving in the Giand Fleet and Dover patrol. His only sea fight was Jutland. J Paymaster-cadet C. B. Hinde was ed» at V C A f ° rd . Sch ° ol ' Gaining a pay! mastei-cadetship m December, 1925 P he Wes sent to the training ship, HM S mit Un o d f er t e h r ; Tl De 7 Having passed out ot the Thunderer after six months’ training he had the splendid luck to be appointed to the Renown. This young officer is very fond of Rugby, and ha? lJnDeH ta Q lng - Part matches for the United Services and the Atlantic FortXSh re S“ i ? B “middipf” - tb T 1 4° y ?l -Australian Navy the tV, '^ellfde o .' entfa ew Zealand ports and is ZeMand S of e a ] b ?2 t i his ex P ei ’iences in New ful couAtr f v” hl n C nrl be > SPeaks a “™nderhospitabS’’’ On d /etui-rT q aS l March, and aftrn c'ruFsT M? HM d q ng R WaS drafted to England, joininH.M.b. Renown at Portsmouth tiL i•° went to Scotland-wffh Gm A t thntS S Fleet P FULL LIST OF OFFICERS As announced in the navy list tI IP ..otS'xvS- ompk ' te ,ist •» iLi «<■• Captain, N. A. Sullivan Commander, N. C. Moore tet- eU (T) la w' C V? 111 T ln w er ?~ lN) ’ G ' Cur ‘ Sth, ( J ’FiUns 'to dgS T° n e M i J - , Man ; H. Drage. OD ’ Leach, C. Lieutenants—R. S. Barry; (G), W G Gcmper, T. L. Alkin; (N) J s' P Novembm C J' A t S ? eW (left the Renown in ment) b A T° n take p P ano V iei ’ appointC lL A ’r o o o e ?’. l{ ,’ M ' J - Hutton, A. A |" u . ce > §,• Litchfield-Speer. Major I\.M.. 1. L. Hunton. 0.8. E. Hill leUtCnai t B-M., N. Lennox, R. A. K. Eng.-Com., C. E. Sutton. T A Hamwell' J ' H ’ Goo<1 " i " B? ton. ieUtenant (E) ’ E CK ” J ' G - Kn mvlM.A hai>lain ’ ECV ’ B ’ H ’ Lloyd Oswe l!> Instr.-Lieutenant-Coin., A F TT-.11 0.8. E., A.R.C.S. Ha ”’ , T Si ll ’ g eon-Com G. R. M'Cowen,. 0.8. E m:&: p H it.&.la i y hi "- M v o - D-sSraaE.' 1 Fr - Sp> ’ J - M - Surgeon-lieutenant. J. M. Sloane Paym.-lieutenant, D. H. Doig. Sub-lieutenant, Viscount Dimwich. t Gunner, C. E. Hazzledine, J. W. J. Draisey, M.B.E. Cd. Boatswain, G. F. Wheeler GJ- Shipwright, H. E. Chappeil. Cd. Elect, E. C. Offer. Cd. Ord. Officer, E. Bennett. Cd. R.M. Gunner, H. R. Horne Gunners—(T), A. E. A. Goldfinch, J. £t° f °r JEF. and I. duties—(T), H. ( T )’ Ar Hicholls (act), A. G. M’Lachlan (act). T. ._ Ei ? b ~W' Ison - A - J- Lee, J. D. Nicholas, H. J. Pegler (act). Wt. Tel., G. H. Rowsell. Wt. Supply Officer, J. H. Collins.' Schoolmaster, H. J. Jewell. Midshipmen—A. T. Courtnev. P. S' I’rancis, T. G. C. Jameson, M.'S. Townsend, J. F. Cochrane. Midshipmen Royal Australian Navy— J. L. Bath, J. H. Harding, K. A. Ho"'an B. K. Philan. xio o an, Cadets—T. H. B. Shaw, P. E. Foy P L. Jamison, B. Vesey, P. G. O. Sydmylurner, J. E. Moore, T. L. Canning. Paymaster Cadet, C. B. Hinde