THE SHIP AND HER COMPLEMENT 



By Sv. Greve 



The Galathea was a former naval sloop with a displacement of i,6oo 

 tons, built at Devonport in 1934. As H. M. S. Leith she had served with 

 the New Zealand Navy as a survey and charting vessel, and when we 

 called at Milford Sound in New Zealand we ourselves used charts mark- 

 ed: "Charted by H. M. S. Leith". It gave us an extra feeling of security! 

 During the war she had been engaged on various towage tests and on 

 minesweeping operations in the Atlantic. Sold for civilian service after 

 the war, she was acquired by the Danish section of the World Friendship 

 Association and was renamed Friendship. After a short period of service 

 she had to be laid up for financial reasons, and so it came about that in 

 1949 she was purchased by the Danish Admiralty with a view to her use 

 on the projected deep-sea expedition. 



The Galathea in Milford Sound, New Zealand. 



