What I'm saying, Georgiansilver, is that when someone is angry, you stay far away. Obviously, they were not far enough away or the abduction wouldn't have been so fast and easy. Britain was on high alert but they were still mucking about in murky waters.

Has anybody ever delved into what the other merchant vessels in the vicinity may have witnessed? Haven't heard much about that have we? Why do you suppose that might be? Its all pretty hush-hush except for the rhetoric that is obviously a build up to war.