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THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT

THE STORY OF HMS EXCELLENT

by

Commander R. Travers Young

A navy cloth bound book with the gilt lettering to spine in Very Good condition except for a slight lean and a little light rubbing to outer edge of front board. Pages are very clean and bright. Inscribed by author on ffep. No wrapper but a facimile in protective sleeve as shown in images.

130 mm. x 190 mm. 184 pages.

 
Royal Navy HMS Excellent 1955 history Cdr.Travers Young  
£8.00 plus P & P

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THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT - The Story of HMS Excellent
by Commander R. Travers Young O.B.E., R.N.
The terms "Excellent" and "gunnery" are almost synonymous, and this is the story of how they have become so.
Starting afloat in one of the old "wooden walls" in 1890, it was not until many years later that Whale Island was officially taken over and the Excellent became, as so many Naval establishments have become, a dry-land ship.
Since then, through various vicissitudes, Excellent has grown to her resent pre-eminence, always to the forefront of Naval Gunnery, and always ready to take an new commitments and make experiments—as, indeed. a ship must be whose motto is Si vis pacem, para bellum.

Contents

FOREWORD BY ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET LORD CHATFIELD, P.C., G.C.B., O.M.,K.C.M.G., C.V.O.
PREFACE

Chapter

One CONVERSATION PIECE
Two THE ELEPHANT'S CHILD
Three FROM SEAMAN TO SCIENTIST
Four RUMBLINGS IN THE WOMB OF TIME
Five THE BIRTH OF THE ISLAND
Six THE TURN OF THE CENTURY
Seven SI VIS PACEM, PARA BELLUM
Eight THE FIRST LESSON AND THE LEARNING THEREOF
Nine "HERE BEGINNETH THE SECOND LESSON"
Ten "IN THE FULL TIDE OF SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT "
Eleven THE CHURCH ON THE ISI.AND, THE QUEENS ROYAL REGIM ENT, TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS
Twelve GUNS AND GOSSIP

EPILOGUE
APPENDIX

One DOCUMENTS
Two THE CHRONOLOGY OF H.M.S. Exellent
Three GUNNERY FIRING SHIPS AND TENDERS TO H.M.S. Exellent
Four LISTS OF OFFICERS

INDEX

List of Illustrations

The Crest of H.M.S. Excellent
View across the Island circa 1885
The same View in 1951.
There is Nothing the Navy cannot do
The Excellent's Log for Thursday, 30th April, 1891
Excellent and Calcutta in 1890
A Garden Party in the Nineties
The Lawn and Wardroom, Whale Island, 1953
The West Battery in 1890
"Attitude is the Art of Gunnery, and Whiskers makes the Man"
Percy Scott's Great Battle
The First Sea Lord, Lord Fisher, Captain Scott and the Generals
Commander Chatfield at a King's Birthday Parade
Captain Pearson, Commander Percy Scott and the Staff after moving from the Ship to the Island in 1891
The Sub-Lieutenants' Group in which H.R.H. Prince George of Wales (later II.M. King George V) did his Sub-Lieutenant's Courses, with his Personal Instructor, Lieutenant Percy Scott
The Water Chute
Mrs. Helen Bolus, H.R.H. The Duchess of Kent, and Captain Brind
Model of H.M.S. Queen Charlotte, the last floating Excellent, at the Entrance to Whale Island
Visit of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur Power to Whale Island, 1952: Farewell Divisions
Royal Guard, H.M.S. Excellent, with King's Colour
The Bishop of Portsmouth, Dr. Neville Lovett, dedicates the Church of St. Barbara
1919: The Altar rigged in the old Hydraulic Lecture Room
1954: The Permanent Altar in the Church of St.Barbara
St. Barbara
1934: The Jellicoe Memorial and the War Memorial
The Mess, 1892
The Mess, 1930
The Mess, 1954
The Silent Fifers
1940: The Old Veteran does her stuff
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