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Northern Advocate, 27 January 1922, Page 6

The King's old ship, the cruiser Crescent, which was ,the last vessel of the Navy ,ho co.mnnan.dod, is going to be broken up—in Genu any, whither it was recently towed. German workmen will break her up motre cheaply than anyone else. The Crescent hj'S been bought, however, .by an English firm, but it is hinted, soys an English paper, that she may be eventually sold to Germany when oirored to the highest bidder. In June, IS9B, the King, a;, a captain, ooimmissioncd ,t.he Crescent for a special cruise, and in it visited several seaport towms. During the war she was the first flagship of the Blockade Squadron", operating under Rear-Admiral Sir Dudley de Chair, between the Shot lands and Norway. In 1920 she was replaced by the battleship Glory, which took tihe came of Crci-cuit.