Honour This Day
“THE TRANSFER from Hyperion to the bomb-vessel Thor was carried out just before sunset, without mishap. Men and weapons with extra powder and shot were ferried across, the boats leaping and then almost disappearing between the crests of a deep swell.
Bolitho watched from the quarterdeck while Hyperion lay hove-to, her canvas booming in protest, and once again marvelled at the sunset’s primitive beauty. The long undulating swell, like the boats and their labouring crews, seemed to glow like r...ough bronze, while even the faces around him looked unreal; like strangers.
With two of Hyperion’s boats and thirty of her men safely transferred, Bolitho made the final crossing in a jolly-boat.
He had barely been received aboard Thor before he saw Hyperion’s yards swinging round, her shadowed outline shortening as she turned away to follow the two brigs into the last of the sunset.
If Commander Ludovic Imrie was bothered by having his flag officer coming aboard his modest command, he did not show it.MoreLess
Bolitho watched from the quarterdeck while Hyperion lay hove-to, her canvas booming in protest, and once again marvelled at the sunset’s primitive beauty. The long undulating swell, like the boats and their labouring crews, seemed to glow like r...ough bronze, while even the faces around him looked unreal; like strangers.
With two of Hyperion’s boats and thirty of her men safely transferred, Bolitho made the final crossing in a jolly-boat.
He had barely been received aboard Thor before he saw Hyperion’s yards swinging round, her shadowed outline shortening as she turned away to follow the two brigs into the last of the sunset.
If Commander Ludovic Imrie was bothered by having his flag officer coming aboard his modest command, he did not show it.MoreLess
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