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Empire Cruise (Hardback)

The Special Service Squadron 1923–24

Maritime > Naval

Imprint: Fonthill
Pages: 320
Illustrations: 430 Integrated b&w images
ISBN: 9781781558980
Published: 30th March 2024
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In November 1923 the Royal Navy dispatched what was named the Special Service Squadron on a ten-month tour around the British Empire. Led by the battlecruiser HMS ‘Hood’, the pride of the Royal Navy and which at the time was the largest ship in the world, and comprising of the battlecruiser ‘Renown’ and the First Light Cruiser Squadron, the role of the Special Service Squadron was to ‘show the flag’ during a public relations exercise and to strengthen ties across the Empire. Much publicised, the cruise served as a subtle reminder that in the aftermath of the Great War, Britannia still ruled the waves. This book charts the situation faced by Great Britain and the Royal Navy in the years immediately after the Great War, and details the origins of the cruise before charting the course of the expedition.

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