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. |
L 15 |
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| Class: | 1916 - 1945: L Class |
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| Build Group: | L2 |
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Fate: Sold 16th February 1932. |
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An intense dramatisation of a long-suppressed Cold War anecdote, K-19: The Widowmaker is the first big Hollywood film to view the conflict through a Soviet periscope, casting Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson (with slight accents) as patriotic Russians.
In 1961, as NATO deploys long-range nuclear attack submarines, the Kremlin forces the Russian Navy to follow suit, whether they're ready or not. Ford takes over from popular skipper Neeson in command of the eponymous submarine, riding the men hard through a missile test, and then coping with an escalating series of crises as a jerry-built reactor threatens to melt down (and perhaps start World War III).
Though the political specifics are fresh, this has all the expected elements of a sub movie, citing everything from Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and Das Boot to Crimson Tide and The Caine Mutiny as sailors bristle mutinously under a marine martinet. This, along with inept engineering and ideological interference, prompts disaster.
Director Kathryn Bigelow, the most undervalued talent in Hollywood, is in her element with heroic men under pressure, and a terrific central stretch has comrades trying to fix the reactor even though they've been given the wrong protective gear and start coming down with radiation sickness as they work.
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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. |
L 15 |
|
| Class: | 1916 - 1945: L Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | L2 |
|
Fate: Sold 16th February 1932. |
|
An intense dramatisation of a long-suppressed Cold War anecdote, K-19: The Widowmaker is the first big Hollywood film to view the conflict through a Soviet periscope, casting Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson (with slight accents) as patriotic Russians.
In 1961, as NATO deploys long-range nuclear attack submarines, the Kremlin forces the Russian Navy to follow suit, whether they're ready or not. Ford takes over from popular skipper Neeson in command of the eponymous submarine, riding the men hard through a missile test, and then coping with an escalating series of crises as a jerry-built reactor threatens to melt down (and perhaps start World War III).
Though the political specifics are fresh, this has all the expected elements of a sub movie, citing everything from Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and Das Boot to Crimson Tide and The Caine Mutiny as sailors bristle mutinously under a marine martinet. This, along with inept engineering and ideological interference, prompts disaster.
Director Kathryn Bigelow, the most undervalued talent in Hollywood, is in her element with heroic men under pressure, and a terrific central stretch has comrades trying to fix the reactor even though they've been given the wrong protective gear and start coming down with radiation sickness as they work.
12 pages added or updated in the last 2 month
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