HER LAST VOYAGE

Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 16, 19 July 1932, Page 7

HER LAST VOYAGE

VICTORY'S; OLD ENEMY;

Another memorable occasion in Portsmouth naval history was provided when the famous, two-decker Implacable, Which as the Duguay Trouin 'fought the Victory at Trafalgar, entered the, harbour, having been towed f rom,: Falmouth. ■•on-." her : last - voyage (says: the "Daily Telegraph."). For the first time for 124: years—the last occasion -being in the, Baltic in 1808— the Implacable,, the sole survivor afloat of the famous battle, passed the Victory. ' As she. did so her- old,adversary had' a' guard of marines mounted and the ship's'company manned ship. The bugles blew a salute, and the ensign was dipped.

■;; The Implacable ttiok up her moorings near the hardway and close to the1 Victory as a -holiday .training ship' for cadets, Sea Scouts, and Boys' Brigades. _ Proudly; flying a .magnificent fed enr sign,^«he entered harbour manned by 200 Sea Scouts, sons of local naval men, and wasreeeived with the stately naval honours accorded to a man-o'-war. '

, Colonel Harold Wylie, son of the famous marine painter,: who in future ■ will be in charge of the Implacable; describing the last voyage, said:— "W,e slipped our moorings at Palmouth at 11 yesterday morning/ and were outside Palmouth "" Harbour by noon. We arrived off Spithead at 11 o'clock, almost twenty-four hours' of towing. At times we .were making nine knots, and, although there'was a little pitching, it was hardly noticeable. Wo were towed altogether about 180 miles. Our crew consisted of myself and'five others;" ■.'.■■_■■

■To ensure her maintenance as a holiday training ship an annual income of £1500.must be secured.