the O.B.E.
Claiming a service of nearly 31 years as Admiralty Yangtze pilot, Capt. R. Pote-Hunt, who received the Order of the British Empire in last. New Year's Honours has in his career the extraordinary record of having served on board 124 different ships in H. M, Navy and under 14" Commanders-in-Chief. "The veteran, who. is still very much on the "job, last week took a destroyer up the Yangtze, and before leaving granted an interview with a "North-China Daily News" representative.
Well-known to most, residents of Shanghai, Hankow-and many other smaller. towns, Capt, "Pote-funt has been the recipient of " many congratulations on receiving the OBE.
Capt, Pote-Hunt as a toy went "in 1882. He comes, from.a farming family of Plympton St. Mary, Devon, but it was not exactly the story' of, "Who'd sell a farm and go to sea?" as the farm belonged to his parents, who continued to live on it for many The ship was commanded by Capt.
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