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Article: Iron Duke sailors' guard of honour for Hull city players ; The crew of HMS Iron Duke will provide a guard of honour for Hull City's last home game of the season against Crystal Palace on Saturday as the Tigers chase promotion to the Premier League.
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- Hull Daily Mail (UK)
- Article date:
- April 24, 2008
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The crew of HMS Iron Duke will provide a guard of honour for Hull
City's last home game of the season against Crystal Palace on
Saturday as the Tigers chase promotion to the Premier League.
The guard is part of the ship's brief three-day visit to Hull
before its deployment to the North Atlantic.
The Iron Duke is the official warship of Hull and enjoys close
ties with her hometown, the Yorkshire regiment, and Sea Cadet unit
TS Iron Duke.
These ties, of course, include having Hull City fans as part of
her ship's company.
Petty Officer Paul Tock, 39, who serves onboard the Iron Duke and
will be part of the guard at the City ...