CRUISER ACHILLES ON FAREWELL TOUR.—H.M.N.Z.S. Achilles (7030 tons), which will arrive at Lyttelton next Monday on a farewell visit. The cruiser has served in the Royal New Zealand Navy for 10 years, and took part in the battle of the River Plate in December, 1939. She will return to Britain soon and will be replaced by H.M.S. Diadem, a Dido class ship similar to the Black Prince. This photograph shows the Achilles at Lyttelton during a former visit.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19460620.2.16
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24906, 20 June 1946, Page 3
Word count
Tapeke kupu
78CRUISER ACHILLES ON FAREWELL TOUR.—H.M.N.Z.S. Achilles (7030 tons), which will arrive at Lyttelton next Monday on a farewell visit. The cruiser has served in the Royal New Zealand Navy for 10 years, and took part in the battle of the River Plate in December, 1939. She will return to Britain soon and will be replaced by H.M.S. Diadem, a Dido class ship similar to the Black Prince. This photograph shows the Achilles at Lyttelton during a former visit. Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24906, 20 June 1946, Page 3
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
Ngā mihi
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in