Commentary - Princess, with Philip, Names New Cunarder
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[text] => PRINCESS, WITH PHILIP, NAMES NEW CUNARDER
The Heiress to the Throne was accompanied by Lieutenant
Mountbatten when she arrived at Dalmulr station. Sea Rangers
were #11 eyes for the future consort of the Princess. It
was gratifying to Clydebank that with the near approach
of the royal wedding the shipbuilders of Scotland should
see the happy pair. To the yard that cradled the Queen
Elizabeth Her Royal Highness now came to launch the thirty-
four- thousand ton/5 liner Caronia, largest vessel now
under construction in the world.
With that bottle of Empire wine the princess christened the
gnaaaihmftuhwim. three-and-ehalf-million pound liner. A
recruit to Britain’s dominant josition on the Atlantic
highways.
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[description] => Her Royal Highness, Princess Elizabeth, escorted by Lieutenant Mountbatten, arrives at Clydebank to launch new Cunarder "Caronia".
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Commentary, 'Princess, with Philip, Names New Cunarder', British Paramount News Issue No. 1740, 3 Nov 1947. https://test.learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/document/40786_commentary (Accessed 26 Jun 2025)