Between the Wars

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Click to see biography of Admiral Sir William Fisher
Click to go to Armored Ships
Click on this image to go to Hector C. Bywater's "1931 The Great Pacific War" page !
How to Become a Naval Officer and life at the Royal naval College Dartmouth- 1934 Gieves, Naval Outfitters publication for future Royal Navy officers. Topics include DAILY ROUTINE AT DARTMOUTH, LIST OF ARTICLES REQUIRED BY A NAVAL CADET, TABLES OF THE FULL PAY, HALF PAY AND RETIRED PAY OF THE OFFICERS OF THE ROYAL NAVY etc.
Special Entry Cadetships Royal Navy 1925 - A thirty-eight page pamphlet printed by the Naval Outfitters Gieves Ltd. The 'Executive' and the 'Engineering' branches have their own sections outlining pay and promotion, scope of duties, messing arrangements and the attraction of a naval career while pointing out the Geddes axe had finished falling so promotion prospects were good !!!
Martyn Sherwood joined the Royal Navy in 1915 and was bowler hatted between the wars and served throughout WW2. He served in battleships with the Grand Fleet, sloops in Red Sea and the Med, submarines UK and China Station, aircraft carriers, etc. and recounts his many adventures.Particularily of interest is his account of his service with trawlers and corvettes in Norway, Benghazi, Tobruk and Greece in WW2
Sailor on Horseback: Lionel Dawson, author of 'Flottilas', 'Mediterranean Medley' and 'Gone for a Sailor', in this his last book provides us with a few hours of delightful reading, where we can almost ourselves join him in living the thrills and enjoyment of his life in the Royal Navy, in journalism and all through the excitements of the equestian world.
 
THE INVERGORDON MUTINY by Alan Ereira - A narrative history of the last great mutiny in the Royal Navy and how it forced Britain of the Gold Standard in 1931
Click this image to go to Captain Bernard Ackworth's " Navies of Today and Tomorrow " page at camberpete.co.uk !
Click on this image to go to Commander Grenfell's "The Men Who Defend Us"
Click this image to go to my Trysten Edward's "Three Rows of Tape " page !