THE NAVY.
./.,,FIVE. CRUISERS ORDERED,V: '■'■'.": : v ■ » : . ; :*■' - '■■■■ ./■ '-•--■' '.■./,'---'- : ''■'.■:■:.'■' By Teloßraph--Presß Association—Oppyrifflrt. ;■ ;■"«-:;" -|- llondon, October -19. ;, 1 The .Admiralty: has; piacod A orders -for five, second-class', cruisers ■:■' of:'■.. the - Yairmouth class'/with ; :John .Brown .and (Clydebank), ■ Messrs.-- : B'eardmore;. the! London- and;.GlaEßovr'.Engineering ''Company,. and:-Co.,- Ltd,"' and Messrs. -Vickors, Sons, and Masim. .'■. . ThV vessels," withythe ; exception of that to be'built .at'-.'.the yards: of John- Brownand Co., whioh will'be/ntted : with .Curtis turbines,'' Will liave' Parsons turbines.', . The: "Pall .Mall;.Gazette",.-states the vessels i will ■ include the;! Australian, New,; Zealand,'• arid ■ Canadian, cruisers. ■-■■-■■;smps ;; ]?q&; THE^poMiNioNs..'. : : - !: > '" : ::;.(Reo.:pctoberj2li; 0.20-a;jn.) ,' (^ ■ ■ \ : ■.;■:■'./. : v!» October . The five,new". of the: Tormoutli. class :- will have; a> speed. of .28 knots. -The.. surmises. Mgarding'the," destinationv of these", ehip^j.arei':based on the .fact- that only two'.omisere'of.'the'^Town"'or Bristol/class; Mevincluded ' in: the , : Navy Estimates. ' . V ...,' : .-; Vr-> ;:•:■;.. ,':.' !■ ;■ 'o ■'■'."■' : 'THorning L ;Ppst",;belieyes: that all, are for Australia,'. and New Zealand. Otherwise, they would have been in the, Estimates.-., . ■ ■ .: ■ : .- ;'-'..[ :■■:. the Commonwealth de-'::--' ;/,-:: ! : }:l:'iS!VßxyTEßS:' : .u}.\ ■■{,:■ ;:s .-.. •■■■■.'■■"(Bμ.'.October. 20, 11.15 p.m.): "■ M«lboupfle, Ootober 20. , Lionienant Hyde, of the oruiser Shannon, lias been .appointed to take charge of tho Commonwealth destroyers. The appointment 'is for two years, at a salary of J&SO, with allowances of <8200 per annum. i '■' AUSTRALIAN NAVAL BASE.
(Eeo. October 20, 11J5 pjn.)
"';■.' ■•,': : ; Mejbourne, October 2O.; : ■ In the. House'..;of EepreMniatives" Mr. Hughes, Boting-Prime Minister, stated that the Qoyerninent had received., no authoritativo-notice of .the. intention 'of the; Imperial -Government. to Temov* the naval, base ...from,, Sydney'; to Auckland. As,,6oon:,as Official" information was. received immediate attention wwld be given to: the matter with a view to safeguarding the -of Atistoalia. 1 . "...
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 953, 21 October 1910, Page 5
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256THE NAVY. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 953, 21 October 1910, Page 5
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