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New Cruiser In Reserve (N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) LONDON, February 23. The £15.000.000 British cruiser, Blake, would go into reserve after only 19 months at sea because the Navy could not raise a crew for her. according to the “Daily Mail - ' defence correspondent. After a refit in June, the 9500-ton cruiser would be towed away and "put in mothballs," the correspondent said. An Admiralty spokesman yesterday said: "The reason is that naval manpower is tremendously under •train." The Blake's present crew of 52 officers and '564 ratings had been told yesterday, the “Daily Mail" correspondent said. The “white elephant” cruiser, which took 19 years to build, was one of the Navy's latest and costliest ships, he said.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30065, 25 February 1963, Page 19
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