Royal navy cutter about to examine a ship's papers, First World War, 1914-1918, (1933). 'Ceaseless vigil was maintained on the high seas by Britain's sailors, lest any ship should take supplies to an enemy port. A cutter is here seen going alongside a merchantmen to examine the latter's papers'. From "The Pageant of the Century". [Odhams Press Ltd, 1933]

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