THE DOUBLE LAUNCHING THAT DIDN'T WORK Two destroyers, H.M.s. Diamond and H.M.s. Defender (right), were to have been launched from the Barrow-in-Furness yard of Vickers-Armstrong on April 7, and the Defender took the water as planned. Owing to floating driftwood, however, it was considered dangerous to launch the Diamond and she stayed on the stocks.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 125, 28 May 1932, Page 7
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55THE DOUBLE LAUNCHING THAT DIDN'T WORK Two destroyers, H.M.s. Diamond and H.M.s. Defender (right), were to have been launched from the Barrow-in-Furness yard of Vickers-Armstrong on April 7, and the Defender took the water as planned. Owing to floating driftwood, however, it was considered dangerous to launch the Diamond and she stayed on the stocks. Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 125, 28 May 1932, Page 7
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