U.S. DESTROYERS.
Leader Of First Flotilla Named "Churchill." METHOD OF CHOICE. (Reed. 2 p.m.) RUGBY, Sept. 17. The question of the naming of the 50 destroyers transferred to the British flag by the United States was raised in the House of Commons. The First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. A. V. Alexander, stated that by agreement between the two Governments the original American names would not be used. He disclosed the names whiclr the King had approved for the first flotilla, as follows:—-Churchill (leader), Caldwell, Cameron, Castleton, Chelsea, Chesterfield, Clare, Campbelltown. Mr. Alexander pointed out that these were all names, of towns or villages common to the United Kingdom and the United States. Nantes on a similar basis for the other American destroyers would shortly\be given, and these would include a few names common to the West 'Indies as welL
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 222, 18 September 1940, Page 7
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140U.S. DESTROYERS. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 222, 18 September 1940, Page 7
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