RIVER PLATE HERO
SIR H. HARWOOD HONOURED. ADMITTED TO FREEDOM OF EXETER. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright I LONDON, October 14. Rear-Admiral Sir Henry Harwood, commander of the British squadron in the Battle of the River Plate, was admitted today to the honorary freedom of Exeter. In a speech following the ceremony he gave an account of the action. He said that he had signalled his plan of battle on the day before the fight. During the action he saw H.M.S. Exeter surrounded by flashes and smoke, and for a time he feared he was going to lose her. but the cruiser gallantly remained in action, enabling the Ajax and the Achilles to close in to decisive gun range. He said that he received the news that the Admiral Graf Spee had blown herself up from the aircraft of the Ajax. “It was one of the proudest moments of my life,” he declared. "Sailors came up from every hatch and ventilator, and the New Zealanders on the Achilles sang their Maori song.”
The Rear-Admiral’s wife and naval cadet son were among the audience.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 October 1940, Page 3
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