oldbilbo
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Was intrigued yesterday, looking to leave Blagdons boatyard at Plymouth, to see the 21,500 tons bulk of HMS Ocean - Britain's biggest warship - sliding past heading upriver, with four tugs and a Pilots' launch in attendence, and a big Police boat rushing about ahead like a yellow/black collie dog.
She'd just commenced her swing to starboard to round the Rubble Bank when a yacht darted out across her bows, between the Police boat and Ocean's bows. The 'Five blasts' on her horn seemed to awaken Plymouth as far as Plympton....
And I swear I could hear Commanding Officer Captain Timothy Henry RN's own blast turn the Hamoaze air blue!
The little yacht was, of course, wearing a blue defaced ensign.
![ocean.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi33.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fd78%2Fbilbobaggins1946%2Focean.jpg&hash=a09b27aa07147d9dfeeb83493ccd319f)
She'd just commenced her swing to starboard to round the Rubble Bank when a yacht darted out across her bows, between the Police boat and Ocean's bows. The 'Five blasts' on her horn seemed to awaken Plymouth as far as Plympton....
![rubble.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi33.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fd78%2Fbilbobaggins1946%2Frubble.jpg&hash=bce74e95ad4e63dd6a98157c2f96ce36)
And I swear I could hear Commanding Officer Captain Timothy Henry RN's own blast turn the Hamoaze air blue!
The little yacht was, of course, wearing a blue defaced ensign.