TRANING SHIP FOR N.Z
11.M.5. SAPPHIRE SEPEGTEQ WELLINGTON, January 14
Tlie Government Inis adopted the rc-co-.niueiuhuioa ,;i' Captain Hooper to take over 'the cruiser Kupphjt!? *<f? f? training shin. Thy Sapphire is qxpccted to arrive j|> Nijw Zealand in l wo or three months.
Jl.yj.S. Sapphire is ope of a class of four "tight- cruisers whjcll are now obsolete, the .jh.n being Amethyst, Dia„ :: .nt T'opaxe. The- Sapphire, which was launched in 1904 and completed in 1905, is a vessel of 3000 tons displacement, 309 feet in length, 40 feet I tea m, and h draught of 14ft G in. She is propelled by engines of 10.200 horse-' power, T}ri\T»g' l wjii-f-crews. giving her a speed of 22 knots. Hoi: nrmajmuit comprises pvclvo 4-inch find ejjjij, J-pouiider gnus, and (wo torpeclotoijjcs. Her complement of officers and men is 300.
Some time ago it was announced that the Admiralty had presented a light cruiser to New Zc-n)aijd. This was H.M.S. Canterbury, u ’thoroughly up-to-date ship of her class, but as there is as yet, no provision for oil-burning ships in New Zealand waters, it was decided to secure a coal-burning ship in the meantime, lienee the selection of the Sapphire.
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 January 1920, Page 2
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