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There was no doubt anywhere, that the owners of vessels or cargoes that had been captured or destroyed by the cruisers for whose departure from British ports Great Britain was in fault, were entitled to be paid.
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Hoar asserts the entitlement of shipowners to compensation for losses caused by British cruisers during the Civil War.
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