USS Planter, a Confederate side-paddlewheel steamer stolen by Robert Smalls, a slave and the ships' helmsman. While the captain was off ship, Smalls cast off and steamed past several rebel forts until reaching the Union blockading fleet where he surrendered the ship, becoming a free man.
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Stores Basin, Sembawang Dockyard, Singapore, 1974. RFA TIDESURGE and RFA TIDESPRING visiting with HMS LONDONDERRY, HMS SYCLLA, HMS DANAE, HMS CHICHESTER, HMAS VENDETTA, HMS HYDRA, HMS ARIADNE, HMS WASPERTON, HMS YARNTON, HMNZS OTAGO,
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