RESERVE FLEET
PROGRAMME FOR REVIEW BY KING. INSPECTION OF WARSHIPS AT WEYMOUTH. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, August 1. The full programme for the King's review of the Reserve Fleet of 133 ships in Weymouth Bay on August 9 is announced. The King is due at Weymouth shortly before 10 a.m. At 10.25 a.m. the King, accompanied by ViceAdmiral Sir Max Horton, commanding the Reserve Fleet, will embark in the Royal barge and visit the aircraft-car-rier Courageous, the flagship Effingham, the cruiser Cardiff, the destroyer Exmouth, and, if time permits, another ship before luncheon. On board the Courageous, naval officers will be presented to His Majesty, who will also inspect 1500 reservists. The King will again embark in the Royal barge t at 3 p.m. to inspect the long lines of ships. The Admiralty Board will follow the Royal barge.
The ships of the Reserve Fleet will begin to disperse in the evening preparatory to exercising till the end of September.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 August 1939, Page 7
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