“The senior officer from the Breslau invited me to lunch on the ship before he went to Southampton to collect passengers. "Breslau" stood behind London Bridge. The forward hatch grates were open to receive cargo, and the entire deck was littered with anchors, bolts, screws and chains. Black McPhee was busy making a final inspection of his beloved machines, and McPhee is known as the most careful of ship mechanics. If by chance he noticed a cockroach leg on one of his spool valves in the steam engine, the whole ship would know about it, and half the crew would be dispatched to clean it..."