Saturday 24 May 2014

Aha

Well today me hearties is a big day for the navies of the South Seas, as it is the 25th May, the day on which some admiral, an Irishman, founded the Argentine Navy, and there is a ship named the Veintecinco de mayo in that navy, nowadays surrounded by so many hangers on on the SS Camera and the SS Gaenswein and the SS Napoleone des Soeurs, as well as one or two frigates on the Brest run called the SS Crow and the SS Whitman; so we are cluncking together our beer mugs here at the Golden Galleon again for a rare old time with lots of old sea dogs together, enjoying a pint and a tankard or two on the Seven Sisters. Ahoy there captains and chief petty officers. We are splicing the mainbrayce here near Sleaford on the South Downs. And Capt Tim Weybridge is our team leader tonight, aided and abetted by young Capt Kevin Bling and his stout hearted sailors on board the USS Venerabile and the sister ship the USS Portineria. All aboard ship tomorrow and then we set sail for the high waters of the Solent and then out and beyond the cannonry of Napoleon's shore batteries along the Biscay to the South Seas again. Ahoy there captains !! Ahoy there ye lads !!

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