FLEET CHANGES.
RUGBY, February 11. The sixth destroyer flotilla, which is returning to the United Kingdom to recommission, sailed from Gibraltar this afternoon. The Admiralty announces H.M.B. Neptune and Orion, at the conclusion of their periodical leave, will return to Gibraltar to rejoin the Flag of the Commander-in-Chief of the Home Fleet. The Flag of the ViceAdmiral Commanding Second Cruiser Squadron will be shifted to the Orion on her arrival at Gibraltar, after which the Leander will return to the United Kingdom.—(British Official Wireless).
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Wairarapa Age, 13 February 1936, Page 3
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