HMS SHROPSHIRE PRESENTED TO AUSTRALIA. 25 JUNE 1943, CHATHAM. ADMIRAL SIR GEORGE D'OYLY LYON, KCB, COMMANDER IN CHIEF NORE, HANDED OVER THE COUNTY CLASS CRUISER SHROPSHIRE TO THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY TO REPLACE HMAS CANBERRA, SUNK OFF THE SOLOMONS LAST YEAR. - A signal rating hoisting the Blue Ensign of the Commonwealth of Australia at the jackstaff as the SHROPSHIRE was handed over

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