Author : Graham Stuart Tuckley
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1398464597
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (984 download)
Book Synopsis Ships, Trips and Rites of Passage by : Graham Stuart Tuckley
Download or read book Ships, Trips and Rites of Passage written by Graham Stuart Tuckley and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2022-09-30 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a true-life story of a young man’s life in the Royal Navy during the early 1970s. The book provides insight into what life was like for young men joining Her Majesty’s Forces at that time and of the journeys that followed during a five-year period. The book takes the reader through basic naval training and to far-flung places visited aboard HMS Albion (RO7) “The Old Grey Ghost”, a 22,000-ton Centaur-class Light Fleet Carrier, until its decommission. The story relays the difficulties and struggles of one young man and his decision to leave a career after moving to shore bases. The book offers a historical perspective of the Royal Navy from the eyes of a rating and a world much different from today.