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ADMIRALS BY THE SCORE attended the service at the Cathedral Church of St. Thomas a Becket, Portsmouth, Hants., when the model of the old battleship, the Mary Rose, was dedicated and later was placed in position in the south transept by Admiral Sir Roger Keyes, Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth. The procession was headed by John Kempthorne, aged 12, youngest descendant of Admiral Sir John Kempthorne who commanded the Mary Rose, which was attacked in the famous sea engagement off Cadiz on December 26, 1669, by a number of Algerian pirate men-o'-war. He acided ed them all in his single ship. Sir John was buried in the Cathedral and the model was placed over a tablet to his memory. Left to rights Admiral Sir Roger Keyes, Admiral Earl Jellicoe and Admiral Sir Henry Oliver arriving at the church.

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Evening Star, Issue 20374, 4 January 1930, Page 7

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ADMIRALS BY THE SCORE attended the service at the Cathedral Church of St. Thomas a Becket, Portsmouth, Hants., when the model of the old battleship, the Mary Rose, was dedicated and later was placed in position in the south transept by Admiral Sir Roger Keyes, Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth. The procession was headed by John Kempthorne, aged 12, youngest descendant of Admiral Sir John Kempthorne who commanded the Mary Rose, which was attacked in the famous sea engagement off Cadiz on December 26, 1669, by a number of Algerian pirate men-o'-war. He acided ed them all in his single ship. Sir John was buried in the Cathedral and the model was placed over a tablet to his memory. Left to rights Admiral Sir Roger Keyes, Admiral Earl Jellicoe and Admiral Sir Henry Oliver arriving at the church. Evening Star, Issue 20374, 4 January 1930, Page 7

ADMIRALS BY THE SCORE attended the service at the Cathedral Church of St. Thomas a Becket, Portsmouth, Hants., when the model of the old battleship, the Mary Rose, was dedicated and later was placed in position in the south transept by Admiral Sir Roger Keyes, Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth. The procession was headed by John Kempthorne, aged 12, youngest descendant of Admiral Sir John Kempthorne who commanded the Mary Rose, which was attacked in the famous sea engagement off Cadiz on December 26, 1669, by a number of Algerian pirate men-o'-war. He acided ed them all in his single ship. Sir John was buried in the Cathedral and the model was placed over a tablet to his memory. Left to rights Admiral Sir Roger Keyes, Admiral Earl Jellicoe and Admiral Sir Henry Oliver arriving at the church. Evening Star, Issue 20374, 4 January 1930, Page 7

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