INTREPID SCHOOLBOYS. —These English schoolboys swam out two miles to get a close look at the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, but could not do further. A destroyer’s speedboat rescued them and later the King, admiring their pluck, made it passible for them to see ever the vessel.
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Northern Advocate, 19 July 1938, Page 10
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48INTREPID SCHOOLBOYS.—These English schoolboys swam out two miles to get a close look at the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, but could not do further. A destroyer’s speedboat rescued them and later the King, admiring their pluck, made it passible for them to see ever the vessel. Northern Advocate, 19 July 1938, Page 10
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