I beg you to accept my profound respect and that of our colleagues on the Board.
I remain,
Yours very sincerely,
Winston S. Churchill.
[80]. Throughout this chapter the map facing page 476 and the table of ships on page 478 will be found useful.
[81]. The rocks of Abrolhos off the Brazilian Coast were our secret coaling base in these waters.
[82]. Details relating to colliers, supply ships and mails have been omitted, unless of significance to the account.
[83]. The table of ships on page 478 will be found useful.
[84]. Official History of the War: Naval Operations, Vol. I, p. 344.
[85]. All the ships in small capitals fought eventually in the battle of the Falkland Islands.