Item 01: Sydney B. Young war diary, 13 May-24 July 1916 - Page 51

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[Page 51]

Right against where we are anchored are the "Kent" and another big British Battleship the "Swiftsure" 18,000 tons which took a prominent part in the operations at the "Dardanelles". This Battleship with another of the same type were built for the Argentine Republic, but, owing to financial stress, was never taken over.
On the mainland on our left is what looks like a big white public building with a dome and flagstaff on which

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