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**BP»PPB"*T.S. Navy's Astronaut Lt. Col. Scott Carpenter afterhis orbits of the earth.Amonrsl those who received Scouttnf awards wasKenneth Wray. IS, of Armidale. a Cadet Midshipmanin the Royal Australian Navy.Midshipman Wray received his Queen's Scoutcertificate.He Joined the Boyal Australian Navy this year andU stationed at H.M.A.S. CRESWEIA.The picture shows Midshipman Wray and ChrisWest, of Eastwood. N.S.W., after the presentationceremony.20THE B,PLATEFrom a lecture bySIB EUGENE MILLINOTONDRAKE. KC..M.G.(Continued from last issue)Explosion .it 7.54 p.in. 111.34 O.M.T.i reportedinstantaneously to Foreign Offloe anilB.IU'.. who announce it jtwl after midnight.Captain LangxdnrfT. hi- officers ami crewtransferred to two TISJT— ami lighter thins;Argentine Hair, though belonging In the Hamburg-SmithAmerica Line. III these they rrossovernight t" Buenos Aires.Monday, December 18: Captain Langadorft'atiil his crew reach Buenos Aire* ami are accommodatedin naval barracks. German plea thatthey arc ship-Wrecked sailors, mil liable to internment.The Montevideo press publishesl.angsilorlf's long litter of protest, which provnki-s storm of indignation in Uruguayan amiArgentine pre**,Tuesday, December 19: Argentine Governmentdecree internment. Captain Langsdorff'slast address to his men and suicide, leaving!letter taking full responsibility for scuttlingof URAF SPEE.FOREWORD BY ADMIRAL SIK EDWARDPARRY. K.C.B.. TO DUDLEY POPE'S BOOK.THE I'.ATTLK OK THE RIVER PLATE'.i William Kimber. 195H. IThe Battle of the River Plate received agreat deal of publicity at the time, largelybecause it was fought during the first winterof the war. when little else was happening..Moreover, the picture of a comparativelylarge enemy vessel being pursued by twosmaller British ships appealed to the imagination.To this day I do not know why theTHI NAVYTLE OF THE RIVERDRAMATIS PERSONAE: THE COMMANDERS. SHIPS. ARMAMENTS, SPEEDS, ETC.TonnageShip and Tear of Completion and crew Armament Aircraft SpeedGRAF SPEE 193fi 1:1.000 „ix 11-inch 2 'Arado' with 28 knotsCaptain Hans Langsdorff and 1.100 men ami eight 5.'l ma chine guninch gunsII.M.S. EXETER 1931 8,4(HJ six 8-inch 2 32 knot*Captain F. S. Bell and tiOtl men gunsH.M.S. A.IAX 193.-> 7,000 eight C-inch 2 33 knotsCaptain C. II. L. Woodhouae and 520 men gunsand carrying COMMODORE II. HARWOODII.M.S. ACHILLES 1933 7.000 eight (i-inch None 33 knotsCaptain W. E. Parry and 550 men guns (lost crossingthe Pacific)of the NEW ZEALAND DIVISION OK THE ROYAL NAVYH.M.S. CUMBERLAND 1928 10,000Captain Kallowfieldand 710 menURUGUAY (ling. Navy)Captain Fernando J. Fuentes1910l,.-)00and 80 menH.M.S. ARK ROYAL 19:15 22,000Captain Arthur J. Power and 1.300 menALTMARK 19:18Captain Heinrich DanTanker on the German NavyAuxiliary List, formerly ofHamburg-America LineTACOMA 1930Captain Hans Konow. ofHamburg-America LineGRAF SPEETHE THREE BRITISH CRUISERSJUM, ItM7,000and 130 men8,300and 112 meneight 8-inchgunstwo 4.7-inchgunssixteen 4.5-inch HA/LAgunsAnti-aircraftguns andpompoms'NoneTOTAL WEIGHT OF BROADSIDES:COMBINEDN
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