A Fleet in Being: Notes of Two Trips With the Channel Squadron (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Rudyard Kipling

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1331492750 ISBN 13: 9781331492757

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2020

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Excerpt from A Fleet in Being: Notes of Two Trips With the Channel Squadron '... the sailor menThat sail upon the seas, To fight the Wars and keep the Laws, And live on yellow peas.' 'A Gunroom Ditty-Box.' G. S. Bowles. Some thirty of her Majesty's men-of-war were involved in this matter; say a dozen battleships of the most recent, and seventeen or eighteen cruisers; but my concern was limited to one of a new type commanded by an old friend. I had some dim knowledge of the interior of a warship, but none of the new world into which I stepped from a Portsmouth wherry one wonderful summer evening in '97. With the exception of the Captain, the Chief Engineer, and maybe a few petty officers, nobody was more than twenty-eight years old. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from A Fleet in Being: Notes of Two Trips With the Channel Squadron

Oh, that's nothing,' said a gentleman of twenty-two. Wait till we have to keep station to-night. It's my middle watch.' Close water-tight doors, then,' said a Sub Lieu tenant. 'i say' (this to the passenger) 'if you find a second-class cruiser' 5 ram in the small of your back at midnight don' t be alarmed.'

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2020
• ISBN 10: 1331492750
• ISBN 13: 9781331492757
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 94