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ANOTHER VICTORY. H.M.S. Victory, HO guns, the finest man o’ war in Britain’s Navy; probably the finest in the world-struck the illfated Casquets in the height of a storm in October 1744. . It was one of the most tragic shipwrecks in history, for among the 1,000 dead were 100 gentlemen’s sons, beginning their sea careers—despite their tender years —with a bit of active serV There is a model of the Victory in the United States Museum. Not for 21 years did our Navy have a Victory again—till 1765 the ship was built in which Nelson, in the moment of tri- *° dl<! - _CEITICUS.
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Southland Times, Issue 21834, 11 October 1932, Page 8
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104CIGARETTE PAPERS Southland Times, Issue 21834, 11 October 1932, Page 8
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