THE HOME FLEET.
CRUISE NEXT MONTH. (British Official Wireless). RUGBY, Aug. 26. The autumn cruise of the Home Fleet, which is to start on September 6 will extend over some ten weeks, during which time the units of the command will be undergoing intensive training in Scottish waters. Lhe battleships will be at Invergordon, Scapa Flow and Itosyth until the middle of November, and the newspapers remark that, judging from the programme movements of the other ships in the fleet, the climax of the training will come in the week beginning on October 18. The Main Fleet will then be nearly at full strength and a big exercise will be carried out from the headquarters at Scapa Flow.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 231, 29 August 1938, Page 8
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118THE HOME FLEET. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 231, 29 August 1938, Page 8
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