TOM EATON | Shiver me timbers — what’s going on with the shrinking navy?
The shrinking navy seems not to be an issue of logistics or even national pride but of money
19 November 2024 - 04:38
I am sorry it has taken me so long to write you, my darling Penelope, but here aboard the SAS Mendi we have taken the news pretty hard that we are the only functioning warship in the South African navy, and also we have had to use the last of the letter-writing paper in the officers’ loo...
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