Re: Seamanship in the Royal Navy


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Posted by 3rdamazon on July 06, 2007 at 11:24:44 from 172.159.249.3 user 3rdamazon.

In Reply to: Re: Seamanship in the Royal Navy posted by Geraint Lewis on July 06, 2007 at 08:24:14:

Do, if nothing else it makes a good doorstop but it is (in my opinion)a pretty good book.

In relation to John, i'm not sure about him. The way he behaves in secret water about getting the survey done rather than having a war and the fact that he seems to naturally be pretty organised tends to suggest big ships. Probably though, he'd fit in anywhere and from a Second World War point of view somebody with a good grasp of seamanship and a reasonable amount of patience would be ideal in an escort vessel with very few experienced regular sailors in the crew.

Roger I would say is definitely a submariner- relaxed discipline, sneaking around and lots of mechanical stuff.

Nancy, maybe destroyers, maybe something smaller. Motor torpedo boats were known as the 'Hooligan Navy' which sounds just her line

In terms of who Commander Walker was based on, do bear in mind that the Royal Navy got a lot of publicity at the time not just in newspapers but also books etc aimed at the general public. There were a lot of famous officers at the time.

To be honest, I don't think he's based around anyone in particular. The Royal Navy at the time still emphasised seamanship although not so much as it had done 30 odd years before, destroyers and small ships are generally more appealing to adventurous spirits than battleships and naval officers were generally known as being the best husbands and fathers they could be given how much time they got to spend with their families. And in a service which worked very hard to imbue young officers with its values its not surprising the officers would do the same for their sons


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