BATTLESHIP ARRIVES

Waipawa Mail, Volume LXVIII, Issue 45, 3 January 1940, Page 3

BATTLESHIP ARRIVES

IN NEW ZEALAND. WELLINGTON, Last night. The release of the following message has been approved by the Director of Publicity:—■ H.M.S. Ramillies, a battleship of the Royal Sovereign type, having a displacement of 29,150 tons, and including in her armament eight 15in. guns, has arrived at Wellington. The great ship presented a splendid picture as she steamed up the Port Nicholson waterway on a brilliant summer day. Word quickly spread that she was entering port, and hundreds watched her from Wellington’s many vantage points. The Ramillies is berthed at Pipitea Wharf, and will he open for inspection by the public on Thursday and Friday. There will be special arrangents for children to see the ship on Thursday, but not on Friday. Immediately on her arrival, official calls were made by her commanding officer, Captain H. T. Baillie-Groh-man, D. 5.0., 0.8. E., R.N., and these calls were returned. A streamer displayed prominently from the masts of the Ramillies. bearing the words “Well done, the Achilles,” is a fine, tribute from a battleship of the Royal Navy to the part played by a ship from the New Zealand naval station. Complete arrangements have been made by the Government and the City of Wellington to entertain the men of the Ramillies.