King And Queen Sail For Canada - Escorted By "Repulse" And R.A.F. Planes. "Empress of Australia" sailing down the English Channel, followed by the "Repulse" and escorted by "Sunderland" Flying- boats of the Royal Air Force. Followed, by the battle-cruiser "Repulse" and escorted by squadrons of Royal Air Force flying boats, the liner "Empress of Australia" sailed from Portsmouth with the King and Queen on board for the State visit to Canada and America "Repulse", which was to have taken the Royal