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Saturday, 10 August 2013

Danish protected cruiser Valkyrien subsidized by shipping companies for world cruise according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1920 no. 2

An item reported that the Danish cruiser Valkyrien would start begin 1920 a voyage to South America and around the world.(1) The two largest Danish shipping companies paid each 2 millions crones as part of the expenses while they thought a display of the national flag was important.

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1. A protected cruiser laid down on 27 October 1886 at the Orlogsvaerftet at Copenhagen, Denmark, launched on 8 September 1888, completed in 1890 and finally stricken in October 1923.