Description
Book SynopsisIn 1914 Great Britain had the largest and most powerful navy the world had ever seen a well-known fact, but what of the everyday experience of those who served in her? This fully illustrated book looks at the British sailor''s life during the First World War, from the Falkland Islands to the East African coast to the North Sea. Meals in the stokers'' mess and the admiral''s cabin; the claustrophobic terrors of the engine room or submarine; the long separations from loved ones that were the shared experience of all ranks; the perils faced by Royal Naval Air Service pilots in the air; the possessions treasured by sailors while at sea drawing on a wealth of previously unpublished materials from the National Maritime Museum archives, this is an authoritative and vivid account of lives lived in quite extraordinary circumstances.
Table of ContentsIntroduction 1914: The Royal Navy and its Sailors Fighting a Global War The Navy in Northern Waters: 1914–15 The Navy’s War on Land and in the Air The Navy’s War Beneath the Waves The Battle of Jutland and Beyond: 1916–18 Conclusion Suggested Reading Places to Visit Index
