NEW ZEALANDS NAVY
DIOMEDE LEAVES FOR REFIT NEW COMMANDER TOR AUCKLAND [ Per Press Association. ] AUCKLAND, May 19. The cruiser Diomede left for Portsmouth shortly after ten o’clock this morning. Her sister ship, H.M.S. Dunedin, displayed a long line of flags reading "Good-bye and good luck." The decks of the Dunedin and the sloops Veronica and Laburnum were dressed, and as the Diomede passed them farewell cheers were exchanged. A London message states that Commander Nelson Glover has been appointed to command H.M.S. Philomel and to be naval officer commanding at Auckland. He recently returned from China and will sail by the Rotorua on June 8.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20151, 21 May 1928, Page 6
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105NEW ZEALANDS NAVY Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20151, 21 May 1928, Page 6
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