BATTLESHIP LAUNCHED.
CEREMONY PERFORMED 111' THE ICING. lieceived l!2 t 12,41 n.m. i London, February 11. K-iug hdwiird, at Portsmouth, liiuiieliL'd (lit 1 new battleship Dreadnaught. Australian wine was used at the ceremony. The King, at the second tlu'uw, broke Vliv bottle oil tlie vessel's prow.
After i lit 1 ceremony was concluded u knighthood \\as conferred on ltear» Admiral Percy Scott.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8046, 12 February 1906, Page 2
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62BATTLESHIP LAUNCHED. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8046, 12 February 1906, Page 2
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