DUKE OF YORK’S VISIT
THE REMOWN REFITTING NOT YET STARTED. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, August K). H.M.S. Renown is now lying to the north of the Royal jetty at .Portsmouth, with patclics of rod paint relieving the Navy grey. There are no signs of any preparation for the Royal voyage; indeed, no definite intimation has yet reached the authorities at Portsmouth that she has been selected for the tour.
The Renown is practically unaltered from the condition in which she returned with the Prince of Wales, but ic is estimated that six weeks in the dockyard would suffice to prepare her for another Royal trip. Tbo racquets court has been demolished, hut this may not he required. Tho Renown is on half-commission, and is due to complete her full crew by September 2 for service with the Atlantic fleet, after which she will return to Portsmouth for the crew’s Christmas leave. —A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Evening Star, Issue 19326, 12 August 1926, Page 8
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