NEW ESCORT VESSEL
(United Press Association) AUCKLAND, October 12. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have assigned to the new escort vessel being built for the New Zealand station the name of H.M.S. Auckland. The ship is being built under the 1936 programme, and will be completed next year. She will relieve H.M.S. Leith. This information was received from the Minister of Defence (the Hon. F. Jones) by the Mayor (Sir Ernest Davis) who made a suggestion through the Government that the warship be named H.M.S. Auckland.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST19371015.2.12
Bibliographic details
Southland Times, Issue 23331, 15 October 1937, Page 3
Word Count
87NEW ESCORT VESSEL Southland Times, Issue 23331, 15 October 1937, Page 3
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Southland Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in