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| Shopify Unique ID: | 10561153270052 |
| Trademe Reference: | PR569 (142) |
| Category: |
Biographies Biographies: Military Maritime: Military Fleet / Naval |
| New / Used: | Used |
Description
THE ROGUE'S YARN: The Sea-Going Life a Captain 'Joe' Oram
by Wendy Harris
DESCRIPTION
ISBN: 0850522854
Format: A4 hardcover with dust jacket
Published: Sutton Publishing 1999, 1st edition
Size (mm): 160 x 240 h x 25 d
Pages: 212
SKU: 2202/0978/K529
ABOUT
The book follows Orem's passage from boy-sailor in the sail training vessel Worchester just after the turn of the century to corridors of Admiralty by the end of the World War II. It tells of his transition from the Merchant to the Royal Navy just before the Great War, of his early experience in submarines under the tutelage of some of the pioneers of his revolutionary technology, and of his eventual appointment to Captain (S) 5th. Flotilla at HMSS Dolphin, the submarine training school at Fort Blockhouse.
Illustrated with monochrome images
CONDITION
As new with shelf wear on dust jacket, faint spotting on pages edges. Images depict all need to know detail.
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