The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-07-06
M0NARCHS SEE
NAVAL REVIEW
Most Powerful Vessel in Worlds
Fleet Flies American Flag.
United States Envoy Accom-
panies King and Queen to
Portsmouth.
PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND Spe-


PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND Spe- |
cial-King George and Queen Mary, |
accompanied by a brilliant assemblage
OF guests. reviewed the international
coronation fleet in the SOlent off Spit
head this afternoon, passing in the
imperial yacht Victoria and Albert, !
between the lines OF the mightiest
pageant in British waters Of modern
times.
To the United States fell the honor
of having the greatest battleship in
line. the Delaware. being the mlghtieSt
in both displacement and armament.
Sixteen nations We're represented.
AS the royal yacht. bearing the King
and queen and their guests, steamed
into view, conveyed 10y a torpedo fleet,
the royal salute Numbered out from
the great guns. the sulphuroUs clouds
hiding the ships until bl 'Wn away
10y the southwest breeze.
John Hays Hammond. special envoy
from the United States. had come from
London with the King and queen In
a special train and was their guest
upon the royal yacht Ambassador
Whtclaw Reid and Mrs. Reid and the
entire staff of the United states En-
/ hassy ia London were also present
Parties We're brought from London 10y
Perry Belmont A. G.. Vanderbilt, Mrs
William Leeds and others.
Royal Party Arrives i'm Portsmouth.
Great guns Of the ships of sixteen
| nations Murdered forth the welcome
| salute as King George and Queen
! Mary stepped off the special train
! that had brought them and "A brilliant
suite. including foreign ENJOYS. colo
/ NAL ministers, princes and nohlcmen.
/ from London early this afternoon.
The royal party Immediately en-
/ harked on the yacht Albert and Vic
/ toria. which was drawn up alongside
/ the lctty on which the special train
] = ard 4 g the nr had
! steamed into position the coronation
naval review, the greatest sea pageant
I OF modern times, began.
Vast CATHERINE Of sea Fighters.
The King and queen arrived AT
1925 o'clock. They were met by Ad-
/ miral Sir Arthur Moore, X. y. b., ia
/ charge OF the British feet and com
mander of the Portsmouth navy yard,
and other officers who formed guard
of honor.
The English ships were distributed
as follows:
Battleships. 2G: armored cruisers,
%. projected cruisers :; destroyers
lSf. torpedo boats, u; submarines, 8;
tattached ships, II.
There were ten British batueships
of the Dreadnought type brought into
line-the Colossus, Hercules, Neptune,
St. Vincent, Collingwood, Vanguard.
Bellerophon. Temeraire, superb and
DreadnOught. To these were added
four cruisers of the Invincible class
the Indefatjgable, Infiexible, InVinci-
, BILE and Indomitable.
The mightiest OF all the great sea
fighters in line, both in displacement
I and armament, was the United States
gray monster, the Delaware.
Most of the big battleships OF the
other foreign nations, aside from Ger
many, are of the near DreadnOught
r type France was represented by the
. DantOn, Japan by the Kurama, Au-
I Il Ct nv tho RqnafZglrU Vf1lW nv the
San Marco, Russia by the ROssiya,
= Spain by the Reina Regente, Argen-
3 tina by the Buenos Ayres, Chile by the
Chicabuso, Sweden by the Fylgia
Turkey by the Hamidieh and China
e by the Hai-Chi.
70 Denmark, Holland and Norway
f were represented by small coast de
d Tense vessels and the list Of visiting
g ships was still further increased by
y the presence of secondary representa-.
tiVes from Japan. Chile and Italy.
g ships Dip Flags to Royalty.
The kim ana queen passed through
n the lines on board the Imperial yacht
The ships of war passed before tn
King, saluting with the standards. Tn
ships lay in eight long parallel line
}; nj two shorter lines extending from
q near Spit Fort. Spithead. as far dow
n the Solent as the Bramble Bank Tn
.e main lines were designated by letters
from To II, a. being on the mainlan,
side and II" on the Isle of Wight side
The respective admirals and rear
admirals. fifteen in number, few thei
~ flags from their own hagshipS. Tn
boundaries Of the review ground cover
ed an area of eight square miles.
- Other prominent officers were Vic
o Admiral Sir G.. A. Callaghan, cOmman
.e der Of the second division of the fleet
l. Rear Admiral Louis. OF Battenberl
. commandin~ the third division: Vic
- Admiral J. r. Jellicoe. commanding IN
> Atlantic feet; Rear-Admiral Louis Bay
ley. commanding the first cruise
e squadron; and Rear-Admiral Sir GeorR
e Warrender. of the second cruise
% squadron.
n A significant fact concerning tn
. | naval ceremony is that nearly all -
= ships in IT have been built since tn
e last coronation naval review in 100.
when Edward was crowned.
y The royal party lunched on board tn
n Victoria and Albert before the actua
4 ceremonies of the review began.
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