An item reported that while the visit by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales [the later king Edward VIII] to India was postponed the British battleship HMS Malaya (1) was ordered to escort the H.R.H. The Duke of Connaught [Prince Arthur William Patrick Albert, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn] to India before going to the Federated Malay States. She would depart Portsmouth, England on 23 November bound for Marseilles, France to pick up the duke, to leave from there on 2 December, arriving at Port Said, Egypt on 7 December, at Aden, Yemen on 15 December and finally at Bombay, India on 20 December. From there she was to leave on 22 December, visit the Malay States, entering Singapore around 31 December, leaving around 1 February bound for Madras, India to pick up the duke and continued her homeward bound voyage. The provisional program described in W.I.S. No. 7 was cancelled.(1)
Note
1. The 01. Part of the Queen Elizabeth-class, preceded by Iron Duke-class, succeeded by Revenge-class, ordered in 1913, laid down by Armstrong Whitworth, South Tyneside, England on 20 October 1913, launched on 18 March 1915, commissioned on 1 February 1916, decommissioned in 1 December 1944, stricken on 12 April 1948 and sold to be broken up on 20 February 1948.
Source
The National Archives CAB 24-111-18
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