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“Arrived Newport in Fog.” WINSTON CHURCHILL’s 1967 circumnavigation.
We all know what happened to the WINSTON CHURCHILL. But her accomplishments in life have been eclipsed by her tragic demise. Many might not know of her whirlwind circumnavigation in 1967. A time in history when the word “laconic” began to be owned by Australians