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That is a true snippet of history. I well remember the bioluminescence, and how fascinating it was, breaking alongside and illuminating the hull at night.
The letter reads as though it was penned in the Red Sea a few days after exiting Suez.
I heard Jock MacGregor, that able Port Said trader, went with the British troops back to Cyprus after the invasion of the Canal in 56 (for his own safety, as he had cooperated with the British). I went through on two trips as junior r/o on the trooper Dunera. We were bound Hong Kong, and Japan (Dunera made her last call at Kure to ship out troops after Korea had finished.)
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