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<blockquote data-quote="reefer" data-source="post: 235872" data-attributes="member: 775"><p>yeah mate The USS. Catalpa was anchored off Freemantle and a ships boat was rowed to a pre arranged pickup of several Irish political prisoners. A gunboat was dispatched to retrieve them but to do that they would have had to fire on the Catalpa.To do that would have caused an international incident that the gunboats Captain was not prepared to involve himself. The Fenians(Irish political group)now transmorphed as Sinne Fein, sought and were were granted asylum in the US.WELL PICKED UP GT...over to you <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="reefer, post: 235872, member: 775"] yeah mate The USS. Catalpa was anchored off Freemantle and a ships boat was rowed to a pre arranged pickup of several Irish political prisoners. A gunboat was dispatched to retrieve them but to do that they would have had to fire on the Catalpa.To do that would have caused an international incident that the gunboats Captain was not prepared to involve himself. The Fenians(Irish political group)now transmorphed as Sinne Fein, sought and were were granted asylum in the US.WELL PICKED UP GT...over to you ;) [/QUOTE]
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