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Life As A Submariner

Posted on August 22, 2012 by

The Guardian has an interesting article about daily life for submariners. It’s mostly silent on what they do when on duty (perhaps understandably so) but is full of little details about life while off-duty, such as that sailors often sleep … Continue reading →

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Kind Of Awesome: Hilarious Royal Navy Slang

Posted on October 24, 2011 by

Rick Jolly OBE, a former Surgeon Captain in the Royal Navy, is releasing a book of the various Royal Navy slang he’s heard over the years. The BBC website’s Today programme page did a piece on it and some of … Continue reading →

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