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As we passed these boats the Band played "King" & "Rule Britt" while the battalion stood to attention. This is evidently a custom.Destroyers lie all round us moored in pairs, also a few big battleships.At 5 p.m. we came to the wharf at Devonport and though it is only just after midsummer there are men on the wharf wearing gloves. We contemplate what it will be like in winter.Opposite us lie 2 submarines in building 350 ft long and built to carry 7 torpedo tubes each. Also undergoing repairs the "Implacable" which took
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