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“WILL SHE, OR WON’T SHE”    A story that immediately caught my eye, as it has been written by a member of the “Senior Force” (Navy), about a  giant sea-turtle affectionately known as Mrs. Willy. It is a most nostalgic tale, also about the Sri Lankan Naval Base in Trincomalee, surrounded by the largest natural harbour in the World, sparkling blue water under what seemed like perpetual sunny skies. “Trinco” , as I remember it, when I served in the Royal Ceylon Navy for almost nine years, was a beautiful little Town on the east coast of the Island, and although I was never “drafted” there, for any length of time, I did go there, on occasion, and what I remember most, is the fact that on visiting the beaches there, one could then walk out into the Indian Ocean to a distance of many hundreds of metres before having ...