A tugboat improbably sits high on the bank, obscured by tall grass, a broken oil rig hangs over the water nearby.
After airstrikes began, Libyan armed men seized an Italian tugboat in Tripoli used to service the coastal oil platforms.
It was an odd defiance, a tugboat's challenge to a German battle line.
In fact, it was impossible for them to have done so, but there could be no doubt that they were all on the tugboat.
Martella, I am now ready to join you in capturing the tugboat.
No attempt was made on the tugboat to bring the second piece into action.
This was followed by a cloud of steam that seemed to completely envelop the tugboat.
The crew of the tugboat bailed out the derelict and towed her to Penzance.
It was like a pygmy daring a giant, a tugboat challenging the Imperator.
Yes, she had read stories of one who commanded a tugboat in Puget Sound.