Word: captainsâ
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Dates: during 1932-1932
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...Plymouth Harbor Sir Percy Graham Mackinnon of Lloyd's boarded the Artiglio II with the customs agents. Commander Quaglia was sitting in a deck chair under a huge sun umbrella. On their knees at his feet were two ship captains???one an Englishman, one an Italian?washing sovereigns in a basin, counting and bagging them. The ecstatic crew galloped at their jobs, contemptuously trampling and scattering bundles of rupee notes on the after deck. Commander Quaglia saluted his visitors. One of the customs men showed Commander Quaglia an official document: "Sorry, sir. A warrant for the arrest of the gold...
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