AUSTRALIA'S NAVY.
COMMANDER OP THE FLEET ENTERTAINED, By Telegraph—Press ApstKlnlian— Copyright London, April 17. Captain Muirhead Collins, private secrotary to Sir Georgo Rcid, High Comfor . Australia, entertained at luncheon'at the British Empire Club Rear-Adiniral G. E. Patey, who has l>ecn appointed to the command ef the Australian fleet. Among those present wore: Vice-Admiral Sir John Jellicoo (a Lord Commissioner of ; the Admiralty),- Admiral Sir. Reginald Henderson (who somo time ngo reported ' on. Australia's naval defences), Sir Trevor Dawson (formerly a naval lieutenant, later Superintendent of Ordnance to Vickers, Limited, and a managing director of tho company), and many naval officers. . THE CRUISER SYDNEY. London, April 17. The cruiser Sydney, built for the'Aus-. tralian Navy, had her speed trials ■ at Glasgow. She averaged 25.7 knots. [The Sydney, a protected cruiser .of tho second class, is a vessel of 5800 tons, and is turbine cngined. Her probable cost will be ,£450,000.1
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1728, 19 April 1913, Page 5
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149AUSTRALIA'S NAVY. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1728, 19 April 1913, Page 5
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