Flash back: Review of the fleet; Maritime TALES.(News)

Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) | January 27, 2007 | Copyright

Byline: STEPHEN GUY

IT WAS a sight to freeze the enemy's blood - a fleet of warships lined up in the greatest display of sea power the world had ever seen.

This was the Spithead Review of 1897 as depicted in a remarkable painting at Merseyside Maritime Museum.

In the centre of Parker Greenwood's picture is Campania, at that time the pride of the Cunard Fleet. She steams ...

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