CANADA AND BROKE.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3546, 6 August 1920, Page 6

CANADA AND BROKE.

i~‘.—\.\.[_OU{s' FIGH'I‘L\’(-‘x SHIPS FOR _ , _, CHILE: ' Negotiations Tmve been completed between the British Govc-I'umclft and Chile for the re-pm-chase by the latter of H.M.’s C.alw.d:l, :1, ’b-uttlosllip laid down in 1911 at Elswick for the (‘hil- - Fleet, but requisitioned for the British Navy‘ on the outbreak of war. 'l‘}m:‘e des'troyol's built for Chi‘.c, but ‘_takcu uvei‘ ‘E)_)':'[l‘.~L‘ Brir'.s'h .»\dnlll'ully ‘2iu‘Augnsl. 191%, are :: .~u r».\=crtixlg ‘.O- - original owners.

- The purch:lso price for H..\l.s. Canzulu V is said to be :';:.~,‘uU0,00(), and if that is the correct figure. the (‘hiiean :ILlth.ol'iFries may congrzlt.llla':e themseil\'c.~: on a "genuine bargain. -On the basis of pre-sent-day prices Ihc ship is worth ‘at. least twice thzs amount. rhamgh allowance has dotibtiess been made for the fact fhat she has seen six years’ h‘fl'(?]lllo‘Ug service. .

S';i'.l. the Canaxd-.1. is in first'—cl:lss condition,‘ and has only recentl'y I'etul'ned from duty with the Meditenaueau Fleet. Although designed nearly nine‘ years since, she is 00118 of the most p'()wol'ful fighting Ships afloat. Various structural improvenlellts made during the war have increased her initial displacement-. of 28,000 tons to about 32,000 fo-ns. She nlol.lnts ten Min. Armstrong guns, fit-ing :1 pl'ojuCtile of un-% lisual Weight; twelve (iin.A:llld many: smaller quick-firers, and four torpedo‘; tubes. 0 5

AT JU'I‘I’.AND. On completion in .1915 she was com

missicned by Captaixl (jxl(w.' A.dnlirul \V. (T. M. Z\’icho'sn:_l. and joined the

Gl-and Fleet at Scapa on October 15 of

that year. At ‘the Battle of Jutland she» was two ships ustern ‘of Jellicoe’s flagship, 11-on Duke, and--at 6.30 p.lll. her 14in. guns opened -on the German line with trenlendous effect. In his‘ despatch Admiral Jc-I~licoe paid 3 high tribute to the Calladu ‘s gunnery, which, he. declared, “materially assisted in forcing the enemy ‘to retire.”

The three destroyc.-rs which will aecompany the Canada. to‘ Chile zire the Botha, Broke, and Faulkner.‘ They I were buiiti by Messrs~“J. Samuel ‘White ‘and Co” at, Cowes, for the Chilean Government as the Rebelledo, Goni, and lsimpson, names \\’lli(‘ll_. it is underi stood, they will now resume. ’ Under the Coilllllafld o'l’ Captain E. I R. G. R. Evans, ‘the Broke, in company with the Swift, fought a thrilling action with six Ger'lßfi'l'l“St."?f6‘yel's -on the night of April 20, 1917, seven miles east ‘of Dover, and completely routed ‘the ;' enemy. It will be reinembered as‘ the 3 only naval action of the war in which boarding was attempted. “FOLLOW FARVER.” ' , The 7Bo't.h.a, and Faulkner were alsol attached to the Dover Patrol as flotilla ‘ leader-s. Both were more than -once in action with German destroyers.‘ Commander E‘dwa.rds_. of the Botha, was known in the Dover Patrol as “Farver,” and it is on record the‘? he once led his clestroyers into action with the signal “F,ollow Father at twenty—five knots” flying from his Inasthezui. I