ocean-tortoises

Updated: February 10, 2026

But before this fire had any effect, the hostile fleet changed its course to the North and the four mortar-boats began their attack. They approached to within two nautical miles and opened fire at once. What was the use of our gunners aiming at the flat, gray arches of these uncanny ocean-tortoises?

Ferdinand Heinrich Grautoff - Banzai! by Parabellum