CEREMONY AT RENAMING OF MUCH DISCUSSED CRUISER Captain Farncomb calling for cheers for the Duchess of Kent (seated), who officially renamed the cruiser Amphion as the Perth at Portsmouth recently. The Perth has come into the news as the result of the distortion of sections of the American press of a request by the men concerning a change of going-ashore uniforms.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23882, 9 August 1939, Page 4
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61CEREMONY AT RENAMING OF MUCH DISCUSSED CRUISER Captain Farncomb calling for cheers for the Duchess of Kent (seated), who officially renamed the cruiser Amphion as the Perth at Portsmouth recently. The Perth has come into the news as the result of the distortion of sections of the American press of a request by the men concerning a change of going-ashore uniforms. Otago Daily Times, Issue 23882, 9 August 1939, Page 4
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