THE SAILOR KING

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10271, 26 June 1911, Page 5

THE SAILOR KING

jtCOLAIMEDA^PORtSMdUtH. it Brilliant natal rf,view. (Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock.) LONDON, June 24. i' Their Majesties the King and Queen, together with Royalties, left London this morning for Portsmouth, where His Majesty the King reviewed the navy. The Royal party reached Portsmouth at 12.30 o'clock. The journey was made ' against a strong wind, with occasional showers and fitful gleams of sunshine. The British and foreign ships participating inthe review were gaily ) dressed. Twenty special trains conveyed the guests, who included the Imperial Conference delegates, the overseas Premiers, and Parliamentarians. Thirty additional trains were filled with sightseers. Admiral Sir. A. W. Moore was in supreme command of the Fleet, which consisted of thirty-two battleships, I twenty-five armoured and nine protected cruisers, twelve depot ships and eighty-nine torpedo craft, aggreg- ) ating 1,021,510 tons, ' and costing £100,000,000. The warships were manned by sixty thousand officers and men. It was the largest fleet that has been assembled in British waters. Besides the British Fleet, there were eighteen foreign warships, each country sending one except Japan, which was represented by two. The review area covered eighty square miles. The fleet was arranged in five long •main lines, with smaller lines fili|ed with destroyers, submarines, and torpedoers. A sixth line was formed by foreign ships. The shore of ; the Isle of Wight was ' crowded with vessels belonging to the ' various steamship lines, whish were filled with sightseers. 1 The Royal yacht Victoria and Albert steamed out to the accompaniment of vociferous cheering from the i multitudes lining the shores, the 1 whole forming an impressive spectacle. I Upon the yacht entering the lines, the combined fleets fired a Royal salute from three' thousand cannon, which thunderously acclaimed the "Sailor King." Received This Morning, 12.15 o'clock. LONDON, June 25. Unbroken sunshine prevailed at Portsmouth later in the afternoon. I Their Majesties inspected twentyI five miles of the lines of warships, • standing on the fore-bridge of the Royal yacht. As the passed, tin sailors lustily cheered them, and the naval bands played the "National Anthem." Two hundred thousand spectators were assembled at the sea front:; ' of j Southport and Gospert; Tha King's reception by the foreign flag soldiers lasted 'until 5.301 o'clock. When their Majesties left the fleet, a thunderous final salute was fired.'