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Saturday 7 October 2017

British battle cruiser HMS Repulse underway from South Africa towards the USA and Uruguay according to the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Handelsblad dated 29 July 1925

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An item dated London, England 28th reported that the next morning the prince of Wales would depart with the British battle cruiser HMS Repulse (1) from Cape Town, South Africa towards the USA. On 3 August was the planned arrival at St. Helena and 2 days later a departure towards Montevideo, Uruguay to arrive there 14 days later.

Note
1. Battle cruiser of the Renown-class, originally designed as a Revenge-class battleship. Laid down by John Brown and Company, Clydebank, Scotland on 25 January 1915, launched on 8 January 1916, commissioned on 18 August 1916 and sunk by Japanese aircraft off Kuantan, South Chinese Sea on 10 December 1941.