That is true-British owned and manned.

The winds may blow, and the storms may beat,

And the hurricanes rage and roar,

But "the ship I love" on her course will hold

With the Union Jack at the fore.

Fair weather or foul, she ploughs along,

Leaving far astern the strand,

And many a towering sister bark

We pass on the starboard hand,

And, Westward ho! as we bear away!