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Sinking of the Jervis Bay

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A new £13m exhibition opens at Chatham Historic Dockyard in Kent today.

Its main exhibit is a model of the Second World War merchant cruiser, the Jervis Bay. Correspondent, Mike Thomson, tells the story of the ship's valiant final action, protecting other ships from the German pocket battleship, the Admiral Scheer.


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