KING INSPECTS CREW ABOARD H.M.S. NELSON—When the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert ended its tour along the line of British fighting ships gathered off Spithead, England, for the first official naval review of King George VI, His Majesty visited the flagships of the naval squadrons present. With the Duke of Kent and high Admiralty officials, he inspected the rigid line of naval ratings aboard H.M.S. Nelson, as can be seen above. Wearing the undress uniform of Admiral of the Fleet, he saw, close up, the sailors whose waving arms had greeted him from a distance several hours before.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 200, 24 July 1937, Page 6
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98KING INSPECTS CREW ABOARD H.M.S. NELSON—When the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert ended its tour along the line of British fighting ships gathered off Spithead, England, for the first official naval review of King George VI, His Majesty visited the flagships of the naval squadrons present. With the Duke of Kent and high Admiralty officials, he inspected the rigid line of naval ratings aboard H.M.S. Nelson, as can be seen above. Wearing the undress uniform of Admiral of the Fleet, he saw, close up, the sailors whose waving arms had greeted him from a distance several hours before. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 200, 24 July 1937, Page 6
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