The Exeter Advocate, 1918-12-12, Page 3•
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HEN . SHIPS ARE INTERNED'
Landlocked Waters .Studded With
Beautiful Islands Where Miles of
Ships Can Lie at Anchor.
No more beautiful setting for ,the
mighty Granit Fleet could be ;imag-
ined than the great estuary of : the;
Firth of Forth,''where, under the pro-'
tection' of the big guns' of the fort-
ress of the, "defended port" as the
numerous fortified` points are< called,
mile after mile of . ships can lie!,,at
- .anchor, , The • beautiful "Links of
Forth," declared to surpass in value
seven at • its' widest' part and thew the Forth the Fifeshire coast with
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-defended zone commences, at a line its many wooded shores, is as beauty
drnwi from the port Leish to the . ful as the south, 'Donnyi risth Bay
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Island ' of Metkeith to Kinghorn, Bui•nteisland, Aberdour and the. Pic -
about eight miles' below the Forth tuxesque old Kinghorn, that home of
Bridge,'. which is itself a mile 'or so early shipbuilding, once lighted lay
east of the ' naval base- atRosyth, the searchlights, each fishing hamlet
Surrounded by hills, the basin of and village standing din3 o t in strong
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the Forth is studded`withislets, many relief.
of then fortifiedd which command A` sail through the Grand Fleet by
the deep watee channels of the water- night is an experience not to be for -
way "The tide race is swift, and the
great t,ships are anchored with a
single cable, ;`on which they swing
with the tide;, heading eastward as
_the tide comes in, 'and westward as
,it goes -out. There is good anchorage
everywhere in the estuary, the waters
of which are deep enough for the
heaviest ships of the line.
gotten. Each of the floatingfortresses
appear to be . a little .town in itself
with music' and dancing., good. humor
This 1 features .ode eat res this new tuck-
ed model
.' skirt. The narrow tucks are
spaced wide apart and the . whole
cluster gives the effect of a wide
band at the • bottom: McCall "-Pat-
tern N. -8666, Misses' Dress. In 4
sizes, 14 fo 20 years. Price, •25
and' good cheer, more so ' than • mer cents.
now, When the older of the king d
flashed out in August, 1914, "Capture
or • destroy the enemy," has ° been
obeyed and the enemy ships lie with
their stings drawn'in British waters.
. The place par excellence for a
view 'of the fleet is the floor of the TaiE RED FLAG
Forth Bridge, which ii•.some 200 feet j
above the sea level, and from this E
e Once the mbleni of Royalty and' of
antage point theentire 'fleet cam, ee ,
viewed. ` the Church Militant. "
the "north," are ro- By day and by night' the great �- The actual 'defenders of the red
"an earldom ofships ;can be seen 'talking, to each flag .do not know; or have forgotten
manticalhy as well as practically the, other. by flag signals, bridge Sema that'`red was formerly the color of
setting of the greatest naval review
inall time. f phores and mast lights, and the the church militant, and also of roy-
inter=fleet communications go on ,alty until the epoch when Henry VL,
Thr sharp outline of t1ie� Castle endlessly.' ;