FALKLAND CRUISER'S END.
The battle-riven ensign of H.M.S. Kent, which was a gift to the vessel from the county of Kent, hangs in Canterbury' Cathedral. . But the brave cruiser that'carried the flag victoriously in action will 1 see England no more. , Her hard work during the war has left her "crocked up." So the Adimiralty have brought home her crew, paid'off the Kent at Hong-Kong, and are going to sell her The Kent is 15 years old. In tho war she served .under Admiral Sturdee, and won enduring fame by her behaviour,, in tho. Falklands fight.
The Kent went into action with her upper decks'filler! with men hard at work sawing up.'targets and other timbers, and passing the pieces to_ the stokeholds. Every scrap of timber aboard her would, have gone on the fires bad the engagement -lasted' long enough to make such a sacrfiee necessary. The Kent marie 25 1 knots—the nighest speed, she had ever attained— and overhauled her enemy, whom 'she sank, ■ ■■•"' ' . '■':..;. ::: ■.':•■■
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XL, Issue 9197, 7 January 1920, Page 7
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