HMS Bermuda Days : An Ordinary Seaman's Log

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Broadbent, Peter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Broadbent, Peter, 1944- -- Career in the navy.

Sailors--Great Britain--Biography.

Sailors--England--Biography.

Sailors.

Bermuda (Cruiser).

Broadbent, Peter, 1944-.

Broadbent, Peter.

Local Subjects:

Broadbent, Peter, 1944- -- Career in the navy.

Sailors--Great Britain--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

HMS Bermuda Days

Place of Publication:

Luton : Andrews UK, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1961 the Royal Navy came up with a brilliant idea: why not take all its rogues, thugs and malcontents and place them on board its flagship, HMS Bermuda, where hard work and continuous exercising would keep them out of trouble?Joining this colourful crew was sixteen-year-old Peter Broadbent, fresh out of his year's training at HMS Ganges, and drafted to 'Bermadoo' to make up the ship's quota of Junior Seamen. Initially he lived a cocooned existence in the Juniors' mess, with a community ...

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Foreword; Acknowledgements; HMS Bermuda Days; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; ch3; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; ch5; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; ch7; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; ch9; Chapter 11; ch10; Chapter 12; ch11; Chapter 13; ch12; Chapter 14; ch13; Chapter 15; ch14; Chapter 16; ch15; Chapter 17; ch16; Chapter 18; ch17; Chapter 19; ch18; Chapter 20; ch19; Chapter 21; ch20; Chapter 22; ch21; Chapter 23; ch22; Chapter 24; ch23; Chapter 25; Chapter 26; ch24; Chapter 27; ch25; Back Matter; Also Available

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781909183407

1909183407

9781909183414

1909183415

OCLC:

862050138