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But No Brass Funnel (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)
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But No Brass Funnel (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)
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Loot Price R581
Discovery Miles 5 810
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A boyhood visit to the battleship HMS Nelson left the author with
the ambition to be a midshipman in the Royal Navy and to be in
charge of a steam picket-boat with a brass funnel. The author
relates how he went to sea, his adventures and experiences ashore
and afloat during his 35 years service under the White Ensign and
the Red Ensign. Starting as a Merchant Navy cadet in the British
India Steam Navigation Company at the start of World War II, he
subsequently joined the Royal Navy and progressed from midshipman
to lieutenant during ten years of service. Captain Stewart's story
includes details of his first ship, the SS Mulbera; coming home to
the Clyde and later sailing around the Cape. During the war years
he experienced life in a minesweeper and a corvette, and escorted
convoys in the Arctic and the Mediterranean. Leaving the Navy after
the war, he spent several years ashore before returning to
seafaring in the Merchant Navy. He joined the fleet of a major oil
company as a junior officer and quickly progressed through the
ranks until he reached the rank of master, spending many years in
command of large crude oil tankers. Although Captain stewart served
in eight classes of warship and many more types of tanker, he never
did command a picket boat with a brass funnel!
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