A salvage service which hardly exceeds ordinary towage is naturally remunerated on a very different scale from an heroic rescue from imminent destruction. (Nathaniel Lindley, Baron Lindley)

A salvage service which hardly exceeds ordinary towage is naturally remunerated on a very different scale from an heroic rescue from imminent destruction.

Nathaniel Lindley, Baron Lindley

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