KING IN SPEED BOAT
*T>— - - - VISIT TO FLEET. FIFTY MILES AN HOUR. HIS MAJESTY MAKES SECOND JOURNEY. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY. Juno 30. The King to-day made a trip m one of the new high-speed motor torpedo boats when lie paid a visit to the fleet at Portsmouth. The sea was choppy outside the harbor, and the weather was so unpromising that it generally was expected that this part of the programme would he modified, but the King expressed the desire to carry out the arrangements. Bos’uns oiped His Majesty over the side into the small oOft. craft, which Is propelled by engines developing IdOO horse-power and is capable of a speed o', some b 0 miles an hour. Accompanying a sister boat with the designer on hoard, the vessel set off at high speed, the stern being almost submerged, and performed many manoeuvres which were greatly enjoyed by the King, who stood in the wheel house in the waist ot j the vessel. | At Spithead, a dummy torpedo was j fired at H.M.S. Amazon and regis- ! tored a direct hit. The King so enjoyed the experience i that, instead of taking the Admiral’s i barge, he remained in the torpedo I boat to visit the Whale Island gnn- : nery school. As the vosstl sped back into the harbor the King, standing | at the salute, was warmly greeted. [ The shore was lined with sailo's standing in a long chain with hands clasped.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 12904, 3 July 1936, Page 3
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