THE RESERVE FLEET
SQUADRON AT WEYMOUTH' INSPECTION BY THE fcING (British Official Wireless) RUGBY, Aug. 8. The King broke his holiday at Balmoral to-night to entrain for the south in order to inspect 133 ships of the reserve fleet at Weymouth to-morrow. The royal strain is due at Weymouth at 9.55 a.m., and on arrival his Majesty will drive to Bincleaves pier and embark on the Victoria and Albert, which left Portsmouth this afternoon. 'The King will.pay visits to the aircraft carrier Courageous, the flagship Effingham, the cruiser Cardiff, flying the flag of Vice-admiral Raikes, commanding the destroyer flotilla, and the flotilla leader Exmouth. In the afternoon the King will cruise round the fleet in the royal barge, or, if the weather is unfavourable, in the Enchantress. The royal train will leave again for the north about eight hours after its arrival. When it reaches Ballater again on Thursday morning, it will have travelled nearly 1500 miles. The Enchantress, with Earl Stanhope (First Lord of the Admiralty), Mr G. H. Shakespeare (Admiralty Under-secretary), Admiral Sir Dudley Pound, and other high naval officers on board, and the French destroyer Volta, with Admiral Darlan, left Portsmouth late this evening for Weymouth.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23883, 10 August 1939, Page 11
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