by 81542 » Mon Aug 15, 2022 11:55 am
Kurt,
Try "The Royal Naval Officer's Jutland Pocket Manual" by WM James. This is a recent reprint of notes by the author on the ship-board routines of a British battleship of the era. You might also like to consider finding copies of two books to read by Lionel Yexley. These are "Our Fighting Sea Men" and "The Inner Life of the Navy." Both were published in the early 1900's. Yexley was an ex naval rating who later became a journalist, author and naval reformer and edited a newspaper called "The Fleet." His main concern was the conditions of service under which men served and this will be reflected in the books. Copies of "Our Fighting Sea Men" can be bought via a good second-hand book search engine but "The Inner Life of the Navy" is much rarer and may only be available through a lending library.
81542
Kurt,
Try "The Royal Naval Officer's Jutland Pocket Manual" by WM James. This is a recent reprint of notes by the author on the ship-board routines of a British battleship of the era. You might also like to consider finding copies of two books to read by Lionel Yexley. These are "Our Fighting Sea Men" and "The Inner Life of the Navy." Both were published in the early 1900's. Yexley was an ex naval rating who later became a journalist, author and naval reformer and edited a newspaper called "The Fleet." His main concern was the conditions of service under which men served and this will be reflected in the books. Copies of "Our Fighting Sea Men" can be bought via a good second-hand book search engine but "The Inner Life of the Navy" is much rarer and may only be available through a lending library.
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