“How they must hate us, he thought. The dogged, storm-dashed ships which were always there at the break of every day. Waiting to dash in and seize a prize under the enemy's nose, or scurry to rouse the main fleet …”

— Douglas Reeman

A Tradition of Victory, Cap 3 "Return of a Veteran"

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