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'The Navy's here.' The story of Cossack's rescue of British rescue of British seamen from the Altmark was heard throughout the world. It started with Mr Winston Churchilll's orders, 'Get the men' and ended when the Cossack's boarding party called down to the prisoners below decks, 'The Navy's here'. Some of the Indian seamen rescued are here being interviewwed by Z.A. Bokhari of the BBC's Indian Service', 1942. From "Calling All Nations", by T. O. Beachcroft. [The British Broadcasting Corporation, Wembley, The Sun Engraving Co., Ltd., London and Watford, 1942]