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STEAM YACHT'S MANY ROLES LYING IN BREAKERS' YARD [from a special correspondent] LONDON, Nov. 28 Lying on a mud bank of the Thames at Grays, Essex, is a steam yacht which, once owned by a Russian princess, patrolled the China Seas, helped escaping refugees of the Russian revolution, and was a floating club in th» Medway. Now, just a skeleton of her former self, she lies in the shipbreakers' yard awaiting demolition. The yacht, which was called Alacrity, originally belonged to the Marquess of Anglesey, but was sold to a Russian princess just before the war. When tlis Russian revolution broke out in 191/, the princess escaped in the ship. Refugee aristocrats were informed that the Alacrity would be at a certain place on a fixed date. The refugees fought to get to the secret rendezvous in time. Many years later the vessel became the admiral's private yacht in the British China Squadron, and patrolled the China Seas, protecting British interests. About six years ago she was sold to Mr. Graham-White, the famous airman, and was converted into a floating club and anchored in the River Medway.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22608, 22 December 1936, Page 6
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