TS General Botha ( formally HMS Thames) – sailed from Plymouth into very heavy weather in the Bay of Biscay and was forced to return to Plymouth. After repairs and adequate preparations, she sailed again and experienced an uneventful passage to South Africa. [Refer Renouf report]

[Left to right]: Sub-Lieutenant A. A. Porter CTNCC [Officer-in-charge of the Cape Town Naval Cadet Corps contingent]; Lieutenant T. Ure RNR [Chief Officer]; Captain F. B. Renouf [Master]; Mr. Carter [Chief Engineer] and Lieutenant Mitchell RNAS [Second Officer]

Sub-Lieutenant A.A. Porter CTNCC and Sea Cadet crew after voyage from UK.- March 1921