Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories
Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories

Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories

Stand By! Naval Sketches and StoriesIt seems almost unnecessary to remark that the characters and ships figuring...
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Author: Dorling, H. Taprell (Henry Taprell),1883-1968
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Language: English
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Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories

Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories

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Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories

Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories

$17.96 $8.98
Author: Dorling, H. Taprell (Henry Taprell),1883-1968
Format: eBook
Language: English
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Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories

It seems almost unnecessary to remark that the characters and ships figuring in the sketches throughout this book are entirely fictitious. "Bunting," "The Acting Sub," "Our Happy Home," "The Lost Sheep," "The 'Muckle Flugga' Hussars," and "The Mother Ship" appeared in the Daily Mail, and "The 'Pirates'" in the Weekly Despatch. They are here reprinted, with minor alterations, by kind permission of the Editors. 1916. He was a very junior young officer indeed when the powers that be first gladdened his heart and ruined his clothes by sending him to a destroyer. A mere sub-lieutenant with "(acting)" after his name, which, as any proper "sub" will tell you, is a sign of extreme juniority. Moreover, the single gold stripe on his monkey jacket was still suspiciously new and terribly untarnished. Not so very long before he had been a "snotty" (midshipman) in a battleship, a mere "dog's body," who had to obey the orders of almost every officer in the ship except those few who happened to be junior to him. It is true that he exercised his authority and a severe discipline on those midshipmen who had the misfortune to be a year or so younger than himself, and that he expressed a lordly contempt for the assistant clerk. But he lived in the gun-room, slept in a hammock, kept all his worldly possessions in a sea-chest, and bathed and dressed in the company of fifteen other boisterous young gentlemen. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 26049
Author: Dorling, H. Taprell (Henry Taprell)
Release Date: Jul 13, 2008
Format: eBook
Language: English

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