The Archive · 1898

A MAN-OF-WAR'S CENTENARY

On Thureday, the 20th inst, the fine cruiser Inmortalité was gaily decorated and hoisted brooms st her musts, indicating that, as of old, she is ready to sweep the seas in British interests. The occasion was

tare of the first Immortalité from the French, the one-hundredth anniversary of the cap-'Phe present Imortalie is the fifth of her name. Capt. Sir Edward Chichester, the popular commander, and his officers dispensed the hospitality of the ship on this memorable anniversary in a manner worthy of the traditions of the navy.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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