A NEW DESTROYER
LAUNCHING OF THE FURY (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, September 10. (Received Sept. 11, at 5.5 p.m.) Mrs Astley Rushton, wife of Viceadmiral Astley Rushton, commander of the reserve fleet at Portsmouth, performed the naming ceremony at the launching of the destroyer Fury from the shipyard at East Cowes, Isle of Wight. The Vice-admiral stated that the Fury has a cruising radius of about 6000 miles without refuelling, so that she is virtually a cruiser. ,
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22365, 12 September 1934, Page 9
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77A NEW DESTROYER Otago Daily Times, Issue 22365, 12 September 1934, Page 9
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