Accompanied by their tender, the Canopus, six submarines of the' US. Asiatic Fleet arrived in Shanghai 1a Wednesday from Tsingtao, and will moor in' Section 10 of the river. They form the vanguard of the naval vessels which have been surnmering in northern ports, Flagship of the fleet, the USS. Augusta is due in Shanghai from Chingwangtao on September 27, and will probably stay here for a little time before sailing for Australia, where the vessel will attend the Vielorian centenary celebrations. On the same date the transport, USS. Henderson, is due from the nort she will stay in Shanghai ten days before leaving, homeward bound, with time-expired sailors and marines, The American destroyers are not ne from Chefoo until next. month, and it will not be unfit next month that the USS. Tulsa will be re-Heved of her station ship duties in Shanghai by another vessel.
British Fleet Most of the British Fleet is still at Weihaiwei, where the ships have Spent the summer. The C.xin-C. is there, on board H.MS. Kent, to which he transferred his. flag from the temporary flagship, H.MS. Suffolk, when the former vessel turned from refit at home! the three other county class cruisers are there, "Suffolk, Cumberland and Cornwall; Berwick is away from the station taking her turn for' reit England.
HMS, Engle, aircraft carrier, "Weihaiwei,'as is the cruiserminelayer, HAMS. Adventure. Most captain Christie of the submarine flotilla is also in the Shantung port, with the parent ship, HIMS. Medway, and. several notable up and down the Yangtze.
Gestroyers are there also, "H.ML Amongst these were such people as Sandwich, sloop, is at Peitaiho, 'Lord Kitchener and General Sir an HM. 'Sloop 'Bridgewater arrived Hamilton and, latterly, the League of Nations commission' under Lord in Shanghai on Friday and tied up alongside H. M. Sloop Folkestone at Lytton, Many a letter of thanks and appreciation have reached the offices the British Naval Buoys. HM, fof Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Ca.
Bridgewater is replacing H.
Folkestone in Shanghai, the latter fon account of Capi. Christie, sailing early next morning for Han-His career has been marked by! kow. some occurrences of note. A day or French Pleet two before the ovibreak of the Great ]War, for instance, Capt. Christie's 'The French sloop 'Tahure arrived ship' collided with the German gun-in Shanghai last Wednesday mornin oat Jaguar, at anchor at Hankow. from the Fukien coast, while. th and damaged the warship so. badly river gunboat Doudart de Lagree lets that she could not-move. In 1925 on Thursday for Chungking, under the s. Loongwo, under the command the command of Cmdr. Ducoroy.
Christie broke the general Rear-Admiral Richard, Comman= strike following the May 30 incident der-in-Chief ofthe French Naval by being the first ship to leave port.
Forces in the Far East, returned to Most of his service has been on the Shanghai early on Monday afternoon Yangtze, where he is well known in from Chungking in the s. Took Yuer Jevery port, and thousands of foreign.
(Capt, Loreal) of the Union Franco-Jers and Chinese who have travelled Chinoise de Navigation. with him will remember him The C=in-C. has hoisted his flog retirement. Recently he was the {in the colonial cruiser Savorgnan de subject of a presentation made by Brazza, moored at the French Naval members of the Hankow Club, who Buoy. "He will "sail for the north Jgave him a silver cigar box. on shortly in this ship.
Jdeparture from the port for the. I time in command of a ship; Capt.
Japanese C.-in-C.
Christie is one of the club's oldest cruiser Idzumo, with Vice-Aamirat 8. Imamura on. board Capt. and Mrs. Christie left for came into port on Thursday morning, [Sydney, and intend to settle in Aus-passing the Bund at noon. She tralia." The good wishes of shipping berthed at the Japanese Naval men and many others will go with them.
Buoy, where she will remain for a The cruiser Tdzumo left for northern ports from Shanghai on a train
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