Aircraft Carrier Berths at Pootung Wharf HMS, Hermes, Aircraft Carvier, arrived in port from Weihaiwei 9 am, on October 14, and. she is now temporarily berthed alongside the Shanghai & Hongkew Wharf Ca, Pootung Wharf, H.MS, Kent, the cruiser' now moored at the British Naval Buoys, sailed "from. Shanghhal on October 20, when expected that the Hermes, which is here for a stay of an" indefinite Period, will take her place off the Bund, By mooring at the Pootung Wharf, the Hermes "has added herself to large feet of ships already. in that vicinity, These include the Japanese destroyers Fumitsukl 22," Minatsukt 22, Satsuki 22, Shihokaze 3, and Shimakaze 3; the Japanese cruisers Jultsu and Sendai; the British gunboats Bee and Gnat, on the other side of the river; he 'Italian gunboat Lepanto and the Japanese "cruiser Khaumo, "slightly "up-stream; the American cruiser Augusta, and the French erulsor Lamotte' Plequet, both downstream, In addition to bringing the total number of foreign warships in har-hour to 21 at the moment, the Hermes has considerably added to the umber of foreign Aircraft in port. Foreign aeroplanes now in Shanghai, besides. the large number on board the aircraft carrier, are. to be seen mounted in catapults on board the three Japanese cruisers Jullsu, and Se the American cruiser' Augusta; the French cruiser Lamotte Piequet; and, of course, HMS, Kent, Built in Blsmick in 1919, the Hermes was comploted in 1924, at a cost of about £2,030,260. A. vessel 10,850 tons displacement, she is novel oth in the respect that her funnel, bridge, and everything else above the eekline is placed well on her star= board side, to leave plenty of room {or aircraft to Jand on her deck, and furthermore, that although her extreme breadth under water Is just over seventy feet, she measures 100 feet over her seaplane lifting rails, She is" 609% feet long, and has a Araught of 187 tect, Her turbine engines, developing 40,000. shaft horse-power, are said to drive hor through the water 4 speed of 25 knots. Her war com: plement Is §31 officers and men, and she is armed with six 85-inch guns, throe d-inch anti-aircraft guns, four 'S-pounders, two 2-pounder Pompoms, Tour machine-guns, and 10 light guns,
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