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. - Captain J A Collins, CB, RAN, Commanding Officer of the SHROPSHIRE, calling for three cheers for HM The King who went aboard the ship during his Home Fleet visit

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