Naval Poetry

Further Reading

Cyril Tawney

Originally published in 1987. In this book we find songs reflecting every aspect of life in the twentieth-century Royal Navy, both upper and lower deck: war, ship's routine, aviation, submarines, the antics of dockyard personnel, not to mention the matelot's shore-going adventures, both amorous and bibulous.

Richard Barr / Bernie Bruen

A collection of song lyrics, poems and humorous observations informed by the authors' combined experiences in the Royal Navy 1950s-1980s

Richard Barr and Bernie Bruen met while serving in the Royal Navy in the 1970s aboard the aircraft carrier HMS Bulwark. With other crew members they formed a ship's band, which went on to perform under the unlikely name The Malawi International Airways String Quartet, MIASQ for short, entertaining audiences in various far-flung parts of the world with their light-hearted ditties about nautical life

Trident Society

Collected and edited by Trident Society of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland

Roy Palmer

Sea Songs and Ballads and Prose Passages Illustrating Life on the Lower Deck in Nelson's Navy

Ian Hillbeck

A selection of eclectic poetry and prose on various topics which will hopefully entertain, inspire and stimulate the mind.

Further Reading

Cyril Tawney

Originally published in 1987. In this book we find songs reflecting every aspect of life in the twentieth-century Royal Navy, both upper and lower deck: war, ship's routine, aviation, submarines, the antics of dockyard personnel, not to mention the matelot's shore-going adventures, both amorous and bibulous.

Richard Barr / Bernie Bruen

A collection of song lyrics, poems and humorous observations informed by the authors' combined experiences in the Royal Navy 1950s-1980s

Richard Barr and Bernie Bruen met while serving in the Royal Navy in the 1970s aboard the aircraft carrier HMS Bulwark. With other crew members they formed a ship's band, which went on to perform under the unlikely name The Malawi International Airways String Quartet, MIASQ for short, entertaining audiences in various far-flung parts of the world with their light-hearted ditties about nautical life

Trident Society

Collected and edited by Trident Society of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland

Roy Palmer

Sea Songs and Ballads and Prose Passages Illustrating Life on the Lower Deck in Nelson's Navy

Ian Hillbeck

A selection of eclectic poetry and prose on various topics which will hopefully entertain, inspire and stimulate the mind.