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1928 DEFENCE / TRANSPORT HMS Sussex, named by Lady Leconfield and launched at Newcastle on Tyne
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0:33Now PlayingDate: 27th February 1928
Location: ENGLAND
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: EMPIRE NEWS NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: HMS Sussex. Tenth of the new 10,000 ton County class cruisers named by Lady Leconfield and launched at Newcastle on Tyne
ENGLAND: Northumberland: Newcastle on Tyne:
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Crowd gathered at dockside; Long shots of Lady Leconfield (Beatrice Wyndham, Baroness Leconfield) naming and launching cruiser, HMS Sussex (not clearly seen): ship down slipway and in water:
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