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- Recommended by a Very Important Person (VIP)This is a story told through the eyes of a young sailor who joined the Royal Navy in 1955 as a Boy Seaman 2nd class, the absolute lowest rank in the Navy. Follow his induction at HMS Ganges, the toughest boy’s training establishment in England, if not the world, and his first assignment to HMS Cockade in time to visit Australia for the opening of the 1956 Olympic games. This is a thoroughly amusing tale, tempered with dark moments of despair, as he visits islands in the South Pacific, tours Hong Kong, Korea and Japan, passes through the Suez Canal enroute to Malta and Gibraltar, helps to capture an Icelandic boarding party during the Cod Wars. He dives in a submarine to play cat and mouse with our Cold War adversaries, surfaces through the polar ice at the top of the world, feel the tension in the submarine as it sinks toward crush depth. Laugh at the antics of his fellow sailors and the strange situations they found themselves in. Learn the meaning of the acronym PASAHB, and sympathize with this naive young sailor as he falls for one of the oldest tricks in the book.Whether a sailor or a dreamer of the sea, this is one voyage not to be missed.
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Motor Vehicle Inspection PEI
A member of the Liberal Government raised the question of why we need safety inspections for new cars, or indeed for the first two years in the life of a new car. Minister Biggar claimed it was important because of … Continue reading
Posted in family, politics, Prince Edward Island, vehicles
Tagged buster brown belts, inspections, MVI, need two wipers on PEI., not, one wiper, qualified, Thrush Mufflers, uniforms, Wow unsafe
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Writing Fiction!!!
I finished writing my second book “The Royal Navy & Me” three years ago. At the time I had an idea for a third book rattling around in my head, but it was fiction. I had never before tried my … Continue reading
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Tagged Erin, fiction, Ireland, liars, maybe Blarney, new book, qualified, writing
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I have to eat Crow!!!
I guess I way out of date (women in submarines) women have been accepted into the Canadian Navy Submarine service since 2001. In fact three are serving aboard HMC/SM Victoria on the West Coast. There are a total of six … Continue reading
Posted in HM Submarines, military, veterans
Tagged changing times, Female submariners, HMCS Victoria, must be old, qualified, six, training, Upholder Class, West Coast
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