Word: inchkilda
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Since the Korean armistice was signed two months ago. eleven merchant vessels -nine British, one Danish and one Italian -have been intercepted in the China Sea. At least two were escorted to the Nationalist port of Keelung, where their cargoes were confiscated. One, the S.S. Inchkilda, was rescued by the British light aircraft carrier Unicorn, which signaled the Admiralty: "Unicorn closed and ordered the gunboat to stop. None of the riffraff on board could read the signal...
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