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Portmouth yard preparations and naval orders in wartime
Shipyard at Portmouth readies numerous vessels including Victory and Berwick for armed service. The fleet at Suithead and surrounding shipsArdent Beauserd Crown Edgar and others await fitting with payments and orders. A Canterbury reporter describes Powell’s speed run, while Dutch events depict upheaval and proclamations in Amsterdam and The Hague amid mounting war warnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victory
Berwick
Trvote Britona
Cinala
Dida da Aurora
Suithead
Ardent
Beauserd
Crown
Edgar
Elimzibern
Ginees
Goliah
Magnificent
Standard
Priamph
Pegasus
Canterbury
Powell
London Bridge
Deptford
RochesteRer
Renaing
Powel
Aoaman
France
Lloyd’s
North America
Ivis