The 'Helen May is importing barrels of petroleum into Liverpool in thick fog....
The Onedin Line
Season 4 Episode 9: The Gamble
James is anxious to buy the Salt Line, a fleet of six ships which seem to belong to a foppish dandy, Sinclair, who does nothing with them. In fact they are owned by his aunt, captain's widow Mrs. Salt, now old and bed-ridden but reluctant...