four-and-a-half

Updated: May 29, 2025

"On a dark night, 6th April, 1877, H.M.S. Immortalité was under sail, going four-and-a-half knots before the wind, the sea rough for swimming, and abounding with sharks, when T. E. Hocken, O.S., fell overboard. Sub-Lieut.

Various - The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 28, April 1893: An Illustrated Monthly