Hostilities only
Subtitle: training the wartime Royal Navy
By: Brian Lavery.
Publisher: National Maritime Museum
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
Subjects: Great Britain. Royal Navy -- History -- World War, 1939-1945.; Naval education -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.; Sailors -- Training of -- Great Britain.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Great Britain.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-297) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Navy in 1939; title: The expansion of the Navy; title: Recruitment; title: Training bases; title: Basic training; title: The parts of the Navy; title: Traditional training methods; title: Modern training methods; title: Seamen and signalmen; title: Engineers and officers; title: Promotion and advanced training; title: Permanent officers; title: Selection of temporary officers; title: Training temporary officers; title: Flying training; title: The Royal Marines; title: Combined operations; title: The Wrens; title: Relations with the Merchant Navy; title: Operational training and working up; title: An assessment.