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| | King George V's Visits to Scapa Flow |
 | | In his diary he wrote, 'Onboard each flagship all the officers and men, not only of the flagships, but of their respective divisions marched past me on the quarter deck. |
 | | He had seen his old command, the Crescent, and then, on Flotta, inspected officers and men of light cruisers, minesweepers, sloops and destroyers of the Second and Fourth Flotillas, 4,550 of whom were on parade. |
 | | He left Scapa in the Oak, again accompanied by Bertie and Colville, sailing through the Fleet which manned ship and cheered as they passed and he wrote: 'It was a great success in every way, I saw over 35,000 men in two days and the spirit of officers and men is splendid. |
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