Ye gads

Well Oi, as they say on the Algarve coast, splice the old rum sailors on the high seas, here we are coming into port today near the Azores, and there are a couple of old Russian freighters in dry dock, the MV Crippin and the MV Gabrielavich, nightmares to follow these two ships, and very fast on foot, despite their very wide keels, and wider bows. Lost at sea these types for much of the year, always on Awol alert, but somehow seem to turn up on the French side of every debate and every argument in every alehouse. Two Russian tugs really, pushing old coal about for most captains, but these two captains do know how to talk the hind legs off a donkey. Captain Willy She's-your-Man Doyle is the captain of the MV Gabrielavich and Capt Francesca Higgins-Boseyon is the captain of the second ship the MV Crippin. A first for the Russian navy - a woman that doesn't look like a man. A right pair of Russian old guard retards. HMS Repulse sounding out and away onto the 7 seas.