Lower deck
By: by Lieutenant John Davies ... with an introduction by Admiral Sir James Somerville ...
Edition: 1st
Publisher: The Macmillan Company
Published: 1945
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 186
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, English; World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, British
Description: A WW2 serving naval officer's factional tale of the crew of B-gun on the destroyer HMS Sikh with a graphic and often humorous record of the daily life and chores of a B-gun's crew leading to a tragic end.  Because this book was written before the end of WW2 the ships' names were changed.  "Skye" was in fact HMS Sikh and "Zulu" was HMS Amori.
Notes: "First printing."
Table of contents: title: Naval watches
pagenum: v; title: Harbour routine
pagenum: vi; title: Introduction
pagenum: vii; label: 1
title: H.M.S. Skye fires a fish
pagenum: 1; label: 2
title: "-- And you will not, repeat not, return here"
pagenum: 35; label: 3
title: "Make and mend"
pagenum: 45; label: 4
title: Patrol
pagenum: 66; label: 5
title: Commissions and warrants
pagenum: 78; label: 6
title: Naval occasion
pagenum: 82; label: 7
title: Convoy west
pagenum: 97; label: 8
title: Nerves
pagenum: 122; label: 9
title: Night action
pagenum: 126; label: 10
title: Run ashore
pagenum: 139; label: 11
title: Valediction
pagenum: 149; title: Glossary
pagenum: 168