HIS MAJESTY.
THE NAVAL REVIEW
“ MAGNIFICENT SPECTACLE,
By Telegraph—Press Assoeiation—Copyrigh London, Aug. 19.
Prior to the dispersal of the warships the King, in the Royal yacht, escorted by forty torpedo boats, the Alberta, and other yachts, traversed the lines eastwards and anchored at St. Helens. A gale was raging at the time. The weather was misty, with occasional torrents of rain. The fleet then steamed seaward. Two columns of foreign warships woro prosent, and paraded before the King, saluting and manning the yards as they passed. The King’s parting message to tho fleet was: “ Magnificent sight—splendid order kept,”
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Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 506, 20 August 1902, Page 2
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