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N.Z. NAVAL DIVISION COMMODORE’S TRIBUTE (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. Commendation for the part played by H.M.S. Achilles, in the engagement with the Graf von Spec was expressed by the commodore commanding the New Zealand squadron, Commodore Rivett-Carnac, when respondii\g to a speech made on behalf of the Auckland Harbour Board.
Commodore Rivett-Carnac is shortly to return to England. The commodore said the engagement showed the Navy was. fully up to standard and that the New Zealand Division was also up to standard. He expressed his regret at leaving Auckland, saying he had come to regard it as a “home port,” and he hoped one day to be able to return to New Zealand for a visit.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20125, 20 December 1939, Page 16
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