Launch of Northern Star by Queen Mother
Feb. 26 The Queen Mother launches the passenger liner Northern Star at Walker on Tyne: Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, yesterday launched the new £7 million Shaw Savill liner Northern Star, 22, 000 tons at Walker-on-Tyne yesterday. The Northern Star makes her maiden voyage on July 10 next year, joining her sister ship the Southern Cross in a round-the-world service for passengers only. Because of a recent foot injury the Queen Mother was pushed in a wheel-chair past cheering crowds to the launching platform in the shipyard. Photo shows the new passenger liner Northern Star goes down the slipway after the launching by the Queen Mother at Walker on Tyne yesterday
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