FAMOUS SHIPS
VETERANS OF GREAT WAR. LONDON, August 9. Small craft, the terriers of the Navy, predominated in the Reserve Fleet in Weymouth Bay. The battleships Iron Duke and Ramillies and the aircraft-carrier Courageous were outstanding. Others were the veteran cruiser Cardiff, which led on the German fleet at Scapa Flow, the destroyer Warwick, on which Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Roger Keyes, hoisted his flag at the Zeebrugge raid, the cruisers Dunedin and Diomede, formerly on the New Zealand Station, and H.M.S. Broke, of Admiral Sir Edward Evans fame.
As the King arrived at Weymouth to review the fleet, bathers left the water, hurriedly dressed, and joined the crowds welcoming his Majesty. The King boarded the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, where he greeted Admiral Darlan, the Commander-in-Chief of the French naval forces, and then went on board the aircraftcarrier Courageous, where he inspected 1500 reservists.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 August 1939, Page 5
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