Northampton (CLC 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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Unfortunately he had on board a large and slimy mess of Iandlub- bers, which included more than 90? ofthe crew. . . CoptainRenken felt it better to wait until Davy and Peg Leg made their appearance on deck via the hawse pipe before replying to this question. Our Skipper gave our mission as a training cruise to pro- vide midshipmen with the facilities and opportunities for afloat train- ing. Knowingthe wisdom of remain- ing in the good graces ofhis visitors, he added he hoped to havethe pleasure of meeting Davy and his sovereign NEPTUNUS REX.