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Jul. 07, 1955 - American Midshipmen Visit Home of First Sea Lord. The highlight of a U.S. midshipmen's training cruise in northern waters, was a visit of a party of fifty of the midshipmen to the country residence of the First Sea Lord (Admiral of the Earl Mountbatton of Burma, K.G. ) Broadlands, Romsey, Hants. In all, about 3, 000 midshipmen in more than twenty U.S. warships took part in the cruise, and the party visiting Broadlands was a cross-section those in the ships and also a cross-section of young men of college age in the United States. The midshipmen were from the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, and the members of the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps from several civilian colleges. Seven of the visiting warships, including the battleship IOWA went to Portsmouth; four including the battleship New Jersey, visited Weymouth; five, including the cruiser Des Moines, went to Plymouth; three, including the cruiser Columbus, were at Torquay, and one went Sheerness. The visit to British Ports concluded early this week when the ships sailed to carry out a final exercise period in Cuban waters before returning to the United States. Photograph shows:- The First Sea Lord photographed in the grounds of Broadlands, with a small party of the visiting U.S. midshipmen

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