'bunting' He was a short, thick-set, ruddy-faced, shrewd-eyed little person, who wore on the left sleeve of his blue jumper two good-conduct badges and the single anc english
a minor affair H.M.S. ———— c/o G.P.O., LONDON. June 30th, 1916. MY DEAR DANIEL, You ask me for a more elaborate account of a certain little affair which took place some ti english
a naval menagerie Denis was a pig, a very special sort of pig, a pig of German origin, and perhaps the only animal of his species in whose favour a special dispensation was m english
bloodless surgery The climb had been a stiff one. The day was very hot, and, rather purple about the face and breathing heavily, the sailor relapsed on the springy, scented t english
our happy home Compared with that of a "27-knotter" of twenty years ago the wardroom of a modern destroyer is a palatial apartment. Imagine a room about 15 ft. long, 25 ft english
potvin of the puffin "Well, I'm damned!" ejaculated the first lieutenant, looking up from his breakfast as a barefooted signalman held a slate under his nose. "Just as I'm in th english
the "acting sub" He was a very junior young officer indeed when the powers that be first gladdened his heart and ruined his clothes by sending him to a destroyer. A mere sub english
the 'muckle flugga' hussars She was a member of that gallant and distinguished corps after which this article is named. You will not find her regiment mentioned in any British Army Lis english
the 'pirates' "It is not possible to prevent the occasional appearance of enemy submarines within the range of our shores, but I can give an assurance that the measures w english
the fog The Rapier was an old destroyer, one of the 370-ton "thirty-knotters" completed in about 1901. She burnt coal and was driven by reciprocating engines, inste english
the lost sheep The glass had gone down with a thump during the afternoon, and all through the night the destroyer had been steaming home against a rapidly rising gale. Of english
the mother ship Sixteen years ago, when the ships of the Royal Navy still disported themselves in black hulls, with red water-lines, white upper works, and yellow masts and english
the traders We were steaming to the westward, towards the spot where the sun, glowing like a disc of molten copper, was slowly nearing the horizon. It had been one of t english