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I On Tuesday morning who it 'Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth :and the Duke of Edinburgh ar- .I'ive in Charlottetown they will Icome from Summerside on the :Royal Yacht Britannia, escort- .ed by four destroyer- escorts, 'HMCS Nipigon. HMCS Yukon {HMcs St. Laurent and HMCS iAssiniboine, all ships of the .RCN's Ist Escort Squadron.

. The Britannia, when complet- 'ed in 1954. replaced the 50-year- :old Royal Yacht Victoria and .Albert. She was designed to :serve a two-fold role. In peace- ,time she serves as the R oy al «Yacht and for Wartime use she :ls designed for easy conversion .to a 2mm hospital ship.

' The 4-715 ton Britannia is 412

ROYAL YACHT BRITANNIA. will bring the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh from Summer-side to Charlottetown ' cruise in time for the official Cbarlot teown arrival Tuesday forenoon. The trim vessel will serve as a floating Roy a1 palace for the balance of tomorrow and Wednesday. and then will carry the Royal couple on the second leg of then- Canadian tour, which takes the m to Quebec City for a Saturday ar- n a -

Royal Yacht is floating palacepennant.{Edi

tinder, loran. Decca Navigator, electric log. echo sounder and navigational radar.

She is also equipped with Denny-Brown single-fin stabilis- ers. which when the ship is tra- velling at a speed of 17 knots can reduce a 20 degree roll to six degrees.

Her boat complement consists ‘-

of: one 40~foot Royal barge; two 35-foot medium speed m o t o r boats: one 32-foot motor cutter; two 27-foot jolly boats; two 16- foot fast motor dinghies, and two 14-foot sailing dinghies. In addition to the boat complement there are 18 self- inflating life rafts and an inflatable raft to carry a Land Rover

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Elizabeth II travelled more widely and met more of her sub- jects than any other monarch in British history.

Her first major trip, under taken at the age of 21, was to South Africa in company with her parents and sister She cele- brated her let birthday dur- ing the trip and from Capetown made a solemn dedication in a memorable broadcast. '

“I declare before you," she said, “that my whole life. whe- ther it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imper- ial family to which we all be long. But I shall not have the strength to carry out this reso- lution alone unless you join in it with me as I now invite you

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to . Her later travels took her to virtually every country in

First visit to Canada was a memorable one

the Commonwealth. Among the most happy were he: visits to Canada. a country for which she said she had develop- "a love at will never grow cold." She first stepped on Cana

dian soil in October, 1951. on a‘

five - week tour from Montreal to the Pacific Coast and then- ce to the Atlantic provinces. It was a personal triumph. Can- adians who followed the tour throughout said they were sen» ding a "new princess" back to London.

WARMLY WELCOMED

By nature shy and undemon- strative. Elizabeth at first seem- ed slightly overwhelmed the informality and spontaneity of the Canadian welcome. but she soon gained confide n c e amid the heart- warming cheers of enthusiastic crowds.

‘ shortly a f t e r ‘was showing conSIderable im» provement. The princess \ve-il ‘to the dance in high spirits. and inext day pictures of her gaily . dancing with the Duke appeared on front pages of new page 1' 5 around the world.

1 A sample of the kind of unin- hib‘ted welcome received from

hat I; ' . . . A l 1’ m "(me Jnumey tank Canadians, in contrast wuh

place Oct. 12. 1951 at a private;

I her father. who had taken fl: I The Guardian - The Evening Patrlot Mandam'Oct. l. 1m. Page u-A her departure. ‘

is for all of us a moment to re-

Qucen was "Queen of Canada I and because she became tth mcmbcr.’ first soveriegn to open a Can. Prime Minister Dietenbaker c'zan Parliament. I said:

She did so Oct. 14, driving to “The Commons. and the se. Parliament Hill in a horse-J3” as “'ellv “'1” W Elk \I'i'n drawn landan to preside at the hiSltll‘)’ today“. It IS a great and. «limiting of the first session or IOYOUS "(‘t'afimn. a shining mo- tim 23rd parijam e n t. 1‘ n . } ment. of rededication and of ex Queen 53, on the Senate [in-on. . emplification of our history."

leisurely overnight

The Royal Yacht is manned : by a crew of 21 officers and 250 - men. She can carry 350 tons of ' fuel. oil, sufficient to cruise 2000 miles at 20 knots.

She was construc ed f 2

ed she travelled well over

200.000 m1 es.

The fall the Britannia brought the Princess Royal from Eng- land to Newfoundland for her visit there. The vessel will be the residence of the Que while she is in Prince Edward Island. The Queen will sail from Charlottetown to Quebec City aboard her on Wednesday night.

Charlottetown

lfeet overall in length and has a ~beam of 55 feet. Her top speed l :15 almost 23 knots. or about 28 ‘ .miles an.hour. Hcr sustained 'seagoing speed is 21 knots or :26 miles an hour. I She is powered by two gear- l zed steam turbines The steam

.is generated in two boilers each :having a capacity of 75.000. Lb

,hour at. a pressure of 300-lb-incl.

and the temperature of the sup- :erheater outlet is 6m degrees.

.To meet harbour requirements 'Ihe has an auxiliary boiler.

I For communications she is 'equipped with four transmitting Iand receiving sets. plus a ship—‘ .to-shore telephone link. Certain 'phon are equipped with :"scramblers" for security pur. -poses if they are required. ‘ : For navigation, Britannia is .equipped with a gyro compass f

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Welcome Your Majesty and Prince Philip

Our greetings to the Royal Couple are linked with

deep fidelity to the Crown and Throne as we wish

them happiness during this visit.

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party in Government House,.:::d$nr:t:::rl::1 3:210:11 dc" with Philip at her left. EPRINCE HONORED 0"?“‘3‘ LOW Alexander, 1119“ visit to Mch Universny H. “I greet you as your Queen ; The same day, Prince Pit‘llp Emer'l‘” ‘3‘?"9'31 9f calladaviMonu-eaL Gait}, dressed 5m. said Elizabth in the 5999Ch.was made a member of the proptredh'that the 1princess and ‘ dents greeted the princess Wm, irom the throne. [Privy Council of Canada. Ho “for flu“ dgd film?“ 10‘“ 50".“? l a special cheer: “Yea, Betty “Together constitute ; also took time off to ba: eight . “.‘" 3mm" dressed ”‘ ‘Yea. Windsor, vea, vea. Belt; the Parliament of Canada. Thisl CONTINUED on HA Canadian cowboy coustomes inwmdsm, rah r'ah rah" ' . v 7 ~ 1 Wm country square dances. I UEEV’ 0F ‘CAV’ADA' lThe princess wore a blue3QSix ‘years k’nér in Guam“ glared s l H and a Cheek“, I 1957. the Queen and Prince Phi use \\lIh Peter Pan collar . . m ..t and cuffs. The duke donned a w paid ano gr Vl-Sl ' - whip ho‘ked h. 1 ,th d i It was an historic occasion I)» kerciiefi grounds :20“ xi Icause of the stress laid on the blue jeans and brown loafers.‘dawmng realization that tn. Among the songs they danced, to were “Cattle in the Crop"? W l and “Haste to the Wedding.” 9 come The princess was particular? ly lighthearted on that occas- lon because she had just receiv- ‘ ed a transatlantic telephone - call from London saying that. I To . The Garden Of The Gulf Your Magesty Charlottetown Billiard Club PRODUCTS LTD. Great George St. 149 North River Rd. P.E.I.

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