An item dated London, England 2 December referred to an announcement of the British Admiralty that a British naval mission would supported the reorganization and modernization of the Chinese Navy. This was a result of the Sino-British naval agreement of June 1929. As head of the commission was captain H.T. Baillie-Grohman, D.S.O, O.B.E. appointed.(1) He would be promoted to the rank of commodore in the Chinese and travel early 1930 to China to meet at Nanking the Chinese vice-minister of navy vice admiral Chen.(2)
Notes
1. Harold Tom Baillie-Grohman (16 January 1888 Victoria, British Columbia Canada-23 September 1978 Chichester, West Sussex, England), served in the Royal Navy between 1903-1906 ending in the rank of vice-admiral. Between 1931-1933 head of the Chinese commission.
2. This should be Chen Shaokuan. See Chen Shaokuan’s Futile Maval Reform, 1928-1928. Shing Yin Hon, 2019.
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