Word: fleetly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...France is to come in under the London Naval Treaty of 1930 with her huge submarine fleet undiminished, but Great Britain has her fingers crossed upon this point. Quote from the new agreement...
This amounts to serving notice that Britain may at any time decide to increase her cruiser fleet, having recourse to the "escalator clause" of the London Naval Treaty which permits any signatory to start building above the treaty quota if "menaced" by a non-signatory power...
...force a camel in a long race; what he makes the first day he will lose the second. At Ghardaïa, the Mezabits rode out to meet the first camel which, heavy-footed, appeared on the desert's rim. The rider was one Mohamed Ahabi, the dromedary "Fleet as Sirocco." The pair had covered the 187 mi. in 33 hr. Ali Ben Maccha was still a mile away and one hour later Ben Orgha raced in for his certificate...
...four-day battle was ending by prearrangement the Arkansas was hit by a torpedo and went to the bottom. Sinking, Admiral Willard flashed command of the Blue fleet to Admiral Reeves aboard the Saratoga...
Captain Hobson is an almost forgotten hero. When he was young and in the U. S. Navy, the U. S. went to war with Spain. Just before Roosevelt rode up San Juan Hill in Cuba, Captain Hobson rode boats around the island. The Spanish fleet cowered in Santiago Harbor. Captain Hobson took command of the coal-carrier Merrimac and sank her at the harbor's entrance in a vain attempt to bottle up the Spanish fleet. Spanish sailors caught Captain Hobson. They courteously offered him a swig of liquor. He refused it, took a gulp of coffee. The Spaniards kept...