A NEW DESTROYER. —H.M.S. Esk, a new destroyer recently added to the Royal Navy. On November 9 last year, Sir James Grose, on behalf of New Zealand branches of the Navy League, presented to the captain of the destroyer a bronze commemoration plate, mounted on mottled kauri, in memory of an older H.M.S. Esk, the crew of which took part in the Maori War, 1861-63. The new destroyer, during her trials, travelled at a speed of 36½ knots.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18756, 12 July 1935, Page 12
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78A NEW DESTROYER.—H.M.S. Esk, a new destroyer recently added to the Royal Navy. On November 9 last year, Sir James Grose, on behalf of New Zealand branches of the Navy League, presented to the captain of the destroyer a bronze commemoration plate, mounted on mottled kauri, in memory of an older H.M.S. Esk, the crew of which took part in the Maori War, 1861-63. The new destroyer, during her trials, travelled at a speed of 36½ knots. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18756, 12 July 1935, Page 12
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