Clipped Wings

Clipped WingsH.M.S. Baffin, light cruiser, of 9900 tons displacement, 30 knots speed, and armed with seven 7.5-inch...
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Author: Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis),1876-1959
Format: eBook
Language: English
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Clipped Wings

Clipped Wings

€6,30

Clipped Wings

€6,30
Author: Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis),1876-1959
Format: eBook
Language: English

Clipped Wings

H.M.S. Baffin, light cruiser, of 9900 tons displacement, 30 knots speed, and armed with seven 7.5-inch and twelve 3-inch guns, was approaching Portsmouth. Already the Nab Tower bore broad on her port beam. Ahead lay the low-lying Portsea Island, upon which Portsmouth is built, backed by the grassy Portsdown Hills with their white chalk-pits standing out clearly in the rays of the midday sun. The Baffin was a typical unit of the post-War fleetlong, lean, with two funnels of unequal size; a tripod mast with a decidedly ugly raking topmast, and an aftermast that, by reason of its position, should be termed a mainmast, but, on account of its stumpiness, could not reasonably be expected to be so termed. As if to make amends for its insignificance, the after-mast flew a white pennant, streaming yards and yards astern and terminating in a gilded bladder that bobbed and curtsied in the frothy wake of the swiftly-moving vessel. To the lower-deck ratings that pennant meant home, and with it long "leaf" and freedom from strict discipline, watch on and watch off, divisions, subdivisions, "tricks", and other items of routine that combine to make up Jack's working day and night afloat. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 60311
Author: Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
Release Date: Sep 17, 2019
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Illustrator: Hodgson, E. S. (Edward Smith), 1866-1937

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