LAUNCHING OF CRUISER.
UNUSUAL INCIDENTS. EY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. LONDON, Eeb. lfi. Two unusual incidents occurred at today’s launching of H.M.S. Suffolk, the first of five cruisers of the County class at present being constructed at Portsmouth. Lady Bristol, who performed the christening, made six efforts to break the champagne bottle across the bows before she was successful. Later, when the control rope was severed, the vesseL refused to budge. The suspense ended in a burst of enthusiastic applause from onlookers when the huge bulk was seen to start and glide seaward.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 18 February 1926, Page 5
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91LAUNCHING OF CRUISER. Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 18 February 1926, Page 5
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