ROYAL TOUR LINER
GOTHIC LEAVES FOR MOMBASA
(Rje- P.IR.) _ LONDON, Jan, 12. BThe liner Gothic, which Will tekfe tacess Elizabeth arid the DUke of Ihburgh on their tout of Austrtdlt ahd New Zealand, sailed from Southampton to-day for Mombasa in bright sunshine. AS she left, the Royal Marines band from Portsmouth, Who are going oh the tout, played from the surideck. Members Of the drew and sailors who Will Man the Royal barge and take Charge of wirelMs communications lined the decks. Aboard the Gothic fire ViceAdmiral £!. E. Lamb, Flag Officer of the Royal Yacht, find the ladifet in waiting, maids ahd valets. The ship is carrying 24 ordinary pafiaengers ka far as Capetown find Mombasa. Prihdttb Elizabeth find the Duke of Edinburgh will join the Gothic at Mombasa in February after a short holiday In Kenya.
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Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26628, 14 January 1952, Page 7
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