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...John Paul, aged twelve, having been bound over to one James Younger, a shipowner, sailed from Whitehaven, in England, in the brig Friendship, as a master's apprentice; he was thus in very much the same status as a midshipman, or more nearly a merchant marine cadet of today. Engaging in the West Indies and American colony trade, he served until 1764, when he became a second officer, the next year first officer of one of the Younger ships. Released from his indenture in 1766, he became, at slightly under 21 years of age, captain of the John...
Spee's brig from nine such helpless victims. This life of raiding was good. Risks, yes, but mostly just an easy kill every three or four days. Two Limeys in one day off Africa a week ago; now a Frenchman off Uruguay...
...Luckner's writings, Captain Nerger's book on his raiding exploits was not generally known outside Germany. The first account in English is by one of his prisoners. Roy Alexander, an Australian wireless operator, spent nine months in one of the two mine compartments which served as brig for the Wolfs sardined, polyglot prisoners (100 when he,arrived, 400 at the peak...
Prime Minister: Brig. General Jonas Cernius...
...ship and shore were bellowing at each other. "Long live Roosevelt. Down with Mussolini!" roared the sailors. "Long live Mussolini. Down with America!" chorused nearly a thousand Italians. Patriotic martyrs were two American sailors, the originators of the shouting, who spent the rest of the voyage in the brig...