ABSTRACT
It is this (the Cape Sea Route) route that is the Navy’s ward. It is the Navy’s duty to police it… . To watch it… . To care for its users − the mercantile fleets of the world. For this they work, and while doing it, the grey ships can strengthen the bonds of friendship with our neighbours, and can make new friends, and can hold all that is best in maintaining the brotherhood of the sea. Then they are doing their proper appointed peacetime task. They are the ‘Grey Diplomats’. 1
