The Friendly Sea Quotes

“A release from great pain, Mr Harris. Had he been my dog I would have shot him weeks ago to put him out of his misery – why is it that we treat humans so much less kindly?” “I”
― Andrew Wareham, The Friendly Sea

“Still, be that as it may, the young master was at sea sinking Froggies, and that was a good thing, it was what Froggies were for, when all was said and done; no doubt it was God’s punishment on them for not being English.”
― Andrew Wareham, The Friendly Sea

“Chain consisted of an iron ring of about four inches diameter with six lengths of iron chain, each about a fathom long, welded on and wrapped tight to the bore of a thirty two.”
― Andrew Wareham, The Friendly Sea

“The Long Nine was a thirty two pound cannon with a nine foot barrel, slowly bored from a single block on the new steam-powered lathes available”
― Andrew Wareham, The Friendly Sea