مجموعة ٣٠/١١٤ "تقارير إجراءات السُفُن البريطانية." [و‎‎٨] (١٢٠٣/١٥)

TRIPLICATE
Froms
Commodore Commanding;* East Indies Station*
At: ■=*
Aden*
Date
6 th May* 1939, No*5l8/EoIol56o AAQn
TO! -
TfiE SECRETARY OF THE ADMIRALTY.
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IiSTTER OF PROCEEDINGS
following report of my proceedings from 6 th April to
6 th May, 1939.
Be pleased to lay before Their Lordships, the
I hoisted my broad pendant as Commodore
Commanding, East Indies Station in K Bideford t? at Basrah
at sunset on 6 th April. At 0900 on 7th April, I handed
over the duties of Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf to
my successor, Captain C*M 3 Graham R 0 N* On 11th April
I left Basrah in ”Bideford” and proceeded to Bahrein,
arriving there p.m 0 12th April,
3o ^Norfolk” arrived Bahrein at 0700 on 13th
April, and I transferred my broad pendant from f Bideford ,?
to her on arrival* "Norfolk”, "Bideford”, "Deptford"
and "Fowey" sailed from Bahrein at 0700 on the 17th April
for exercises* "Bideford" and "Foweywere detached at
2l30*i and at 0600 on the 18th of April, accompanied by my
Secretary, I transferred from "Norfolk" to "Deptford"
at the entrance to the Rooka Channel for passage to Basrah
preparatory to flying to Tehran to be present ac. the wedding
celebrations of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Iran
and Her Royal Highness the Princess Fawzia. "Norfolk"
proceeded to Bandar* Shapur to entrain the Royal Naval Guard
and Band for Tehran*
4 0 "Deptford" arrived at Basrah at 1300 on the 18th
of April* and at 1425 my party, which in addition to myself
consisted of my Secretary, my Coxswain and two valets, left
the Basrah Airport in two Valencia aircraft which had very
kindly been provided by the Air Officer Commanding, Iraq;
we arrived at Habbaniya at 1610. The Air Officer Commanding
was absent on duty but he had placed his house at my
disposal and my Secretary and myself were accommodated
there and were extremely well entertained by the R-AoFo
Officers, dining in the Staff Officers* Mess* On arrival
at Habbaniya X was informed that the Sari of Athlone and
Her Royal Highness Princess Alice had arrived at Baghdad
and that we were to meet them at Kermanshah the following
day in order that the five Valencia aircraft conveying the
two parties could arrive at Tehran together* This
necessitated an early start from Habbaniya, and we left
at 0455 on the 19th April and flew to Kermanshah where we
arrived at 0730* The Airport is some three miles from the
town and we were met on arrival by HcBoM* Consul (JoF^R*
Vaughan-Russell Esq.) and the Governor of the Province*
The latter*ec