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How an Ordinary Ferry Struck a Naval Force
This video recounts the incredible final voyage of the HMS Li Wo in 1942, as Captain Thomas Wilkinson and his small British ...
Hampshire sailor ‘Old Jack’ helped set free 600 slaves destined for a life of servitude in the Persian Gulf (Image: Echo) He joined HMS Sidon, a paddle-steamer on the east coast of Africa that at one ...
Having served his time, Old Jack left the Royal Navy and sought his fortune by working in the sugar and coffee industries in Natal. But the life of a planter proved fickle. When these ventures failed ...
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