SEVERAL thousands of people at Williamstown witnessed the successful launching of the Dromana, the first large-steamship built in Victoria, and the second to be launched of the steel vessels laid down under the Commonwealth shipbuilding scheme. Lady Helen Munro Ferguson cut the ribbon. The Acting Minister for the Navy, Mr. Poynton, said that this ship was only one of many to be built. He hoped that at least three more ships would be ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Sydney Mail (NSW : 1912 - 1938), Wed 23 Apr 1919, Page 9
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