NAVAL CHRISTENING ON BOARD A MINESWEEPER. 31 MARCH 1944, PORTSMOUTH, ON BOARD HMS EASTBOURNE. JENNIFER SUSAN, BABY DAUGHTER OF LIEUT DAVID STEPHENS, RNVR, AND MRS ETHEL AGNES STEPHENS, OF BATH, WAS CHRISTENED BY THE BISHOP OF COLOMBO, THE RIGHT REV C D HORESSLEY WHO IS ON LEAVE IN THE COUNTRY. THE SHIP'S BELL WAS USED AS A FONT. - Lieutenant Commander E B Cutlack, RNR, Commanding Officer of the EASTBOURNE (front) and the ship's officers drinking Baby Jennifer's health after the ceremony. ,

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