ESCORT OF CRUISERS
4 ROYAL VISIT TO AMERICA KING & QUEEN LEAVING ON SATURDAY. PICKED CREW ON EMPRESS OF AUSTRALIA. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. LONDON, May 1. The “Daily Express” understands that the cruisers Southampton and Glasgow, will convoy the liner Empress of Australia when it conveys the King and Queen to Canada, leaving Portsmouth at 2 p.m. (G.M.T.) on Saturday. The Empress of Australia will be manned by a picked crew of merchant seamen with a minimum number of naval ratings for signalling and guard duties. Their Majesties will occupy the two largest suites comprising ten rooms on A deck.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 May 1939, Page 5
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99ESCORT OF CRUISERS Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 May 1939, Page 5
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