LIFE IN THE NAVY
RECALLED BY THE KING NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM OPENED ENTHUSIASTIC SCENES ON WAY TO GREENWICH [United Press Association—By Electric j olograph— Copyright] (Received 28th April, 10.0 a.m.) LONDON, 27th April. Their Majesties the King and Queen and Princess Elizabeth embarked on the Admiral’s Barge at Westminster and journeyed down the river escorted by four motor torpedo boats to open the National Maritime Museum at Greenwich. The sirens of tugs and freighters screamed a greeting and aeroplanes roared overhead. Great crowds were on the banks, also on moored lighters.
There was an unrehearsed thrill when passing Cleopatra’s Needle, when a ten-foot wave surged up the embankment and knocked down several spectators.
The King, replying to an address of welcome, recalled his own life in the Navy. He said lie was glad to be opening the museum, which was one of the first ceremonies of his reign. The British Commonwealth would never have come into existence but for the enterprise, courage and character of our seamen. The qualities of Drake, Nelson and Franklin were as necessary to-day as ever.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 28 April 1937, Page 5
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