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Sunday 25 September 2016

England sending warships towards Tangier, Morocco according to the Dutch newspaper Soerabaijasch handelsblad dated 7 June 1904

An item dated London, England 7th reported that the British battleship Prince of Wales (1) would depart the next morning to Tangier, Morocco and a cruiser and 7 other battleships would depart any moment from Gibraltar with the same destination.(2)

Notes
1. Of the Formidable-class, laid down at the Chatham Dockyard on 20 March 1901, launched on 25 March 1903, commissioned on 18 May 1904 and sold to be broken up on 12 April 1920.
2. As a result of the First Moroccan Crisis ot Tangier Crisis March 1905-May 1906 dealing with the status Morocco, with Germany supporting the sovereignty of the Moroccan sultan Abdelaziz against France and United Kingdom.