Further Reading |
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| Grey Funnel Lines |
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. |
| Songs & Ditties of the Fleet |
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 |
| The Book of Navy Songs |
Trident Society Collected and edited by Trident Society of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland |
| The Valiant Sailor |
Roy Palmer Sea Songs and Ballads and Prose Passages Illustrating Life on the Lower Deck in Nelson's Navy |
| Lousy Poems on Morbid Themes |
Ian Hillbeck A selection of eclectic poetry and prose on various topics which will hopefully entertain, inspire and stimulate the mind. |
As a young schoolboy I wanted to be a captain of a Royal Navy destroyer (described as greyhounds of the sea). But I was born on the wrong side of the track. One needed tradition, money, a good family background, education, and Oxford or Cambridge schooling, but I didn't qualify on any of those counts. I left school at age 14 to work in an engineering company. Three years later World War II started, and I was 17 years of age.
Combat veteran Frank Ramsey (Gene Hackman) and his second-in-command Ron Hunter (Denzel Washington) are the chief officers on board US nuclear submarine Crimson Tide.
They are heading for Russia, ready to intervene in an escalating crisis which could result in the outbreak of World War 3. When they then receive orders to launch their missiles, Ramsay and Hunter clash over the validity of the command and mutiny ensues.
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Further Reading |
|
| Grey Funnel Lines |
|
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. |
| Songs & Ditties of the Fleet |
|
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 |
| The Book of Navy Songs |
|
Trident Society Collected and edited by Trident Society of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland |
| The Valiant Sailor |
|
Roy Palmer Sea Songs and Ballads and Prose Passages Illustrating Life on the Lower Deck in Nelson's Navy |
| Lousy Poems on Morbid Themes |
|
Ian Hillbeck A selection of eclectic poetry and prose on various topics which will hopefully entertain, inspire and stimulate the mind. |
As a young schoolboy I wanted to be a captain of a Royal Navy destroyer (described as greyhounds of the sea). But I was born on the wrong side of the track. One needed tradition, money, a good family background, education, and Oxford or Cambridge schooling, but I didn't qualify on any of those counts. I left school at age 14 to work in an engineering company. Three years later World War II started, and I was 17 years of age.
Combat veteran Frank Ramsey (Gene Hackman) and his second-in-command Ron Hunter (Denzel Washington) are the chief officers on board US nuclear submarine Crimson Tide.
They are heading for Russia, ready to intervene in an escalating crisis which could result in the outbreak of World War 3. When they then receive orders to launch their missiles, Ramsay and Hunter clash over the validity of the command and mutiny ensues.
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