ATLANTIC FLEET.
REVIEWED BY PRINCE. (BT CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COrTSIQBT.) (renter's telegrams.) LONDON, March 30. The Atlantic Fleet, proceeding homeward from combined Fleet exercises in the Mediterranean, altered its course at the request of the Prince of Wales to salute H.M.S. Repulse, -which is conveying the Prince on his trip to South Africa and South America. It was a stately and impressive scene when, in the neighbourhood of Vigo, Eepulse passed at eight knots through the. lines of fully 40 fightingships, three miles long. The bands were playing, and cacli vessel's company maimed the side nearest Repulse. The I'rince, in naval uniform, stood beside the captain of the Repulse, and acknowledged the cheers and waved his cap. ■
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18346, 1 April 1925, Page 9
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