Tho King's old ship, the cruiser Crescent, i which was tho last veflspl of tho Navy ho commanded, is going to be broken up—in Germany, whither it was recently tewed. German workmen will* break her up more cheaply than anyone else. The Crescent has been bought, however, by ■an English, firm, but it is hinted, save avr English pa,per, that sbo may bo eventually mid to Germany when offered to tho highest hiisdor. In Jpno,. 1893, the King, as a captain., ’ the, Crescent, for a special.<rr<d»c,' *«sd in '..it. Tinted several seaport town®. J/Wing ihc •war*l.he was the first flagship of the. Ulockade • Squadron, operating wider TFSar Admiral Sir' Dudley do Choir, between the Shetland a and Norway. In 1930 she vets replaced by tho battleship Glory, which took the name of Crescent
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18465, 28 January 1922, Page 17
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133Page 17 Advertisements Column 3 Otago Daily Times, Issue 18465, 28 January 1922, Page 17
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