M Fnord wrote:
The most we kept for ourselves was a set of the first-class china for dinner guests. I really wanted the ship’s pennant, but there was no time and no good way to do that without anybody noticing. Ah well.
Personally...  *grins his lunatic grin*  I would have gone for broke and bagged the whole damn ship as she went under.  And then kept it for myself... unless, of course, I could find a buyer that would give the girl all the love and respect she was due.