The Far East
In January 1944, Paladin returned to the Eastern Fleet, arriving in Trincomalee on the 28th, escorting the battleships Queen Elizabeth, Valiant and the aircraft carrier Illustrious.
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Famous quotes containing the word east:
“A puff of wind, a puff faint and tepid and laden with strange odours of blossoms, of aromatic wood, comes out the still night—the first sigh of the East on my face. That I can never forget. It was impalpable and enslaving, like a charm, like a whispered promise of mysterious delight.... The mysterious East faced me, perfumed like a flower, silent like death, dark like a grave.”
—Joseph Conrad (1857–1924)