THE NAVY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 433, 16 February 1909, Page 5

THE NAVY.

,LORD CHARLES BERESFORD RETIRES. CHANNEL FLEET RE-ARRANGED. IDT TELEOKArn—ritESS ASSOCIATION—COFIIHGET.) (Rec. February 15, 10.30 p.m.) London, February 15. Lord Charles Beresford vacatee tho command of tho Channel Fleet on March 24, when ships of tho King Edward VII, class will be formed into a second division of Sir William H. May's Fleet, under Sir Archibald Berkeley Milne. '

:.- ::-:;;-:;*;.KN :^' : : ; -;'^S'; : v:^:a;V,: ; *;vLondon, 'February - 15 ' : .: .:>-..;::- (Reo.;: February : ls, 1L46 p,-m;) "-'. ::v■'-■';''-:;Tbo ."Standard!';.: protests:■ ag'arnst. Lord Obaries"..Beresford's "■ to ,;the a;year, of. his.command: •is': still outstandingj particularly as the :ne'w ■constitution" ; ;of: the; -/.main.'■'. fleet, -in 'Some waters ;.embotlies,the principle':'which iL'ord;:,Charles -Beresford, has;:long/been-..id-:-yo.oatinjg';.-,-s/',;.;-'.;..;':.-::-•.-'■ ;-i; : ::.;'. ; : '|: ■-■■.;::.-"

.■V Lord' Chas. .Beresford , is now. ;C2 years' of rage.. He was;the.'secondson"of the;fourth.Jlarquis of Watorfordi: and 'was selected; .while still only a: naval lieutenant,-. to accompany the King on his;trip to India.. .Hβ commanded the Condor atthe bombardment of Alexandria, where: his .gallantryAbrought' him . the. signalled:/ '.'Well , ' done;!:.; Condor!".-, and mention.- in"'. dispatches. :Ho.: served on Lord ,\Volseley's staff, in the. Nileexpedition- iri-188-i,:'commanded- the river gun:boat,Sofia,Yand,.for saving, the desert .column',''received the'.thanlcs of Parliament.,. He becanio •a-lord:Commissioner of; the Admiralty in ,1886, but-?resigued :,in 1888 on a."question' of the strength/of the- fleet.:; .His relations with;-his ppllcagues:.in;:thevChannel:Eleet : gave, rise' to a : heated "newsDaper. controversy in-. iOOB. ~>.'.' : ;. The; battleships,Ywhich will; now bo ;formed into-.-a', second , ;division .'.of. Sir William-May's OPJeet, are; tho. King-Edward VII,. Africa, .'Britannia', Commonwealth,'. Dominion, .Hiberuia, Hin-dustan.-'and ,New. -Zealaiiil.-V., These:' all. previously 'belonged ito v the : Channel- Fleeti:-ioßeth'ef irith ; -; the; Irrestible,;'-London; .:Swifl tsure, , -Triumph,; and;Vonerable. .Sir Archibald ■Berkeley':,; Maine ; was second 'in'.'.command --of-: the :Channeli Fleet ; under Lord , : Chas. Beresford, fly-: ing his flag in the Hiberriia.; Ho.was appointed to.tbat'pommand on" Juno 12,' 1908.:- '.:.;.