British Control Searches For Contraband - Friendly Spirit Means Speedy Service - The Crew of a neutral ship is mustered on deck at a South Coast contraband control base and a British naval officer checks the identity of each man with the photograph in his book. A spirit of friendliness and mutual helpfulness prevails between officers and men of the British Contraband control and the officers and crews of the neutral ships that put into the British contraband control bases. March 30, 1940.