Canada’s First Warship (1930)

Full title reads: “Southampton. Canada’s first Battleship. H.M. Canadian Navy a destroyer ’Saguenay’ launched.“ Southampton. Canada’s first warship, the destroyer HMCS Saguenay, launched at Thornycroft’s yard, Woolston, Hampshire on 11 July 1930. Unidentified woman pulls lever to release bottle of champagne to bless the new ship. The ship is launched and moves down the ways. Various shots on the ship afloat off the shipyard. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be