THE SILENT NAVY.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 May 1919, Page 5

THE SILENT NAVY.

PARTICIPANTS IN MANY EXPLOITS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. The steamer Makura, which arrived from Vancouver to-day, brought back 24 lieutenants, all of R.N. or R.N.V.R. They were all participants in the naval operations about the North Sea, taking part in submarine chasing and general patrol work, while most of them had a hand in the bombardment of the Belgian coast. I.ieutenant-Comamnder Lionel Robinson, R.N., is on his way to Melbourne to take up a naval appointment there. When in charge of an armored train in the north of France, early in the war, this officer did such damage to the Germans that the Kaiser offered £IOOO for his head. He was also with one of the Naval Brigades in Antwerp, took part of Zeebnigge, and latterly was engaged in the Heligoland fight and the storming in shelling the Belgian coast. Besides possessing the Distinguished Service Cross he receive a decoration from the King of Belgium. Great tales are told of the deeds of 38 chief petty officers, who are part of the force of the motor boat patrolmen to come back. They are all in Auckland now and every one of them lias seen service, bombarding the Belgian coast, working against the mines, and in the mystery ships, chasing submarines.