Chapter 483: Portsmouth
The River Thames originates in the Cotswolds Hills in southwest England, with a total length of 346 kilometers, crossing the British capital London and more than 10 cities along the river, with a basin area of 13,000 square kilometers, and the river widens in the lower reaches of London, forming an estuary with a width of 29 kilometers and flowing into the North Sea.
The River Thames, which runs through the heart of London, makes London one of the world's most rewarding harbours. London to the mouth of the Thames River is accessible to boats with a ten-metre draft, and sailboats can reach Tilberry on the east side of London. London's prosper, halfway between the Mediterranean and the Baltic Sea, made it an ideal commercial port in the region.
There are many boats that enter the Thames from the English Channel every day, and a Dutch sailing ship sails into the Thames. But the ship did not make it all to London, but docked at a simple pier by the river shortly after entering the River Thames. Countless sailboats dock on the banks of the Thames every day and do not attract the attention of others.
The sailors on the ship got off the ship, and went into the tavern next to the pier, and hugged the tavern maid without shame, and it was normal to be angry. The sky slowly darkened, and someone on the Dutch merchant ship on the dock began to move. The small quay was pitch black all around, except for a few rare lights in the nearby town, and no one noticed the situation.
In a short time, the people on board lifted some things onto a few carts on the small dock