NEW WARSHIP.
H.M.S. Wellington to Arrive in May. May 13 is announced as the date of the arrival at Wellington of the new Imperial convoy sloop H.M.S. Wellington, which is on its way from England to replace H.M.S. Laburnum on the New Zealand station (sa\*s the “Post”). On her voyage to New Zealand she is to call at Gibraltar, Malta, Alexandria, Port Said, Aden, Colombo, Singapore, Batavia, Bali, Thursday Island and Sydney. She will be in Wellington until May 17, when she will leave for Auckland. The Wellington is an oil-burner like H.M.S. Leith, which arrived at the end • of last year to replace H.M.S. Veronica, j and is also similar in tonnage, length and armament. She was built at Devonpart, England, and was launched on May 28 last year, in the presence of the High Commissioner for Xew Zealand, Sir James Parr.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20540, 15 February 1935, Page 2
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