Some thirty of her Majesty's men-of-war were involved in this matter; say a dozen battleships of the most recent, and seventeen or eighteen cruisers; but my concern was limited ...

Reproduction of the original: A Fleet in Being by Rudyard Kipling

Reproduction of the original: A Fleet in Being by Rudyard Kipling

Some thirty of her Majesty's men-of-war were involved in this matter; say a dozen battleships of the most recent, and seventeen or eighteen cruisers; but my concern was limited ...