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...season, the fireworks and illumination of the greatest naval review since the World War. For the scene of the broadcast, British Broadcasting Corp. had chosen the most hallowed deck in the Royal Navy, Nelson's flagship the Victory in whose cockpit he died, lying in dry-dock at Portsmouth, two miles from the five-mile quadruple row of 160 of the world's fighting ships (see map). For announcer the B.B.C. chose Lieut. Commander Tom Woodrooffe, because he had spent the three years of his active service doing staff work on the Victory and because such an important...
Even without Commander Woodrooffe, the review that took place earlier that day was a naval occasion no Briton should forget. Between Portsmouth on the Hampshire shore and the green Isle of Wight lie the most famed yachting waters in the world. Here in a carefully marked out area of 24 sq. mi. were assembled 277 ships ranging from the world's greatest warship, the 42,000-ton battle cruiser Hood, to a proud delegation of British herring trawlers. Wardroom statisticians quickly figured that the 143 British warships in line alone displaced 670,000 tons, cost British taxpayers...
King George, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Elizabeth reached Portsmouth the evening before, spent the night on the 38-year-old royal yacht, Victoria & Albert. Early next morning newshawks with binoculars could see bareheaded Princess Elizabeth in pink, pattering beside her father round the quarterdeck for a brisk after breakfast constitutional. At 10:30 a.m. with the cool skies rapidly clouding over, the first admirals' barges began to arrive for an official reception, and as more cocked hats and gold lace than Portsmouth harbor had seen for two decades assembled under the yacht's awning the Royal Marines Band...
...this emergency the town of Portsmouth, in New Hampshire, first extended a helping hand to the institution. The inhabitants of that town, in an address to the General Court, dated in May, 1669, after expressing their thankfulness for the protection extended to them by Massachusetts, and saying 'that although they had articled with them for exemption from taxes, yet they had never articled with God and their own consciences for exemption from gratitude', which 'while studying how to demonstrate, the loud groans of the sinking College came to their ears; and hoping that their example might provoke the rest...
...result of the donation of the town of Portsmouth more than 2600 pounds were pledged to the College in the following year, "under which encouragement, in 1672, authority was given for the commencement of a new edifice...