Destroyers Quote by Rudyard Kipling

“Like the destroyer, the submarine has created its own type of officer and man with language and traditions apart from the rest of the service, and yet at the heart unchangingly of the Service” quote by Rudyard Kipling — Download Open image

“Like the destroyer, the submarine has created its own type of officer and man with language and traditions apart from the rest of the service, and yet at the heart unchangingly of the Service”

Rudyard Kipling

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