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MY INCREDIBLE JOURNEY -
Peter Dingemans

This book is long awaited and has been penned by our good friend and shipmate Admiral Peter Dingemans.

The book tells his story from his days as a cadet in the Royal Navy right through to his retirement as a Rear Admiral and also includes his time as Captain of HMS INTREPID during the amphibious landings at San Carlos during the Falklands Conflict.

Peter now lives with his wife Faith in the South of England but is still in touch with many of his shipmates and ships company members from HMS Intrepid and he has included some of their own personal memories and stories of their time together.

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With kind permission of Peter Dingemans

With kind permission of Ian Ditch

THE LAUGHING KITBAGS -
Ian Ditch
Another book arriving our our desks this month is this great little number from Ian Ditch.

Laughing kitbags came about because so many people said that I should write a book when I left the Royal Navy about the funnier times. The times you do not get to read about in everyday newspapers! I, like so many others have many a `dit` to tell and I, like many others tell these stories over & over again. Why?, because they are hilarious but most of all, they represent the `hard play` which was expected after `hard work` which was paramount throughout the RN in the 70s and 80s. The `dits` have been written in a way as to have the reader hopefully feeling that he/she was there at the time. At most times throughout the book the content is of an adult nature, verging almost on explicit!! It is though written with passion and truth recounting priceless experiences.

BEING SILENT THEY SPEAK -
David JB Smith

The author of this book contacted us and asked if we could feature the book on our website.

This is DAVID SMITHS story of a world war two submarine and what life was like onboard HMS/m UNBEATEN during a very important phase of the second world war.

You can order this book from amazon in kindle version or you can learn more about the book and of course the author by visiting the links below.

http://unbeatenblog.weebly.com

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Being-Silent-They-Speak-ebook/dp/B00AKK1GUI

Trafalgar 200 Through the Lens
D.P. Kilfeather

The year of 2005 was the year for commemorating the 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar and the role of Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson, Royal Navy. An important collection for any naval, military or maritime history enthusiast, the first edition of this book of 400 photographic images coincides with the celebrations of the 80th Birthday of Queen Elizabeth II. The book features some of the largest ships in world, such as USS Saipan and FS Charles de Gaulle; devastatingly armed modern warships including nuclear submarines such as HMS Trenchant; with beautiful civil Tall Ships sailing alongside military training Tall Ships.
The collection gives almost an equal weighting to the people involved, members of the UK Royal Family, some of the highest ranking Admirals from around the world and sailors in uniform from many countries convey the contradictory spirit and dignity of the event.
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BERMUDA DAYS -
Peter Broadbent

This book is the sequel to peters other book HMS GANGES DAYS

In 1961 the Royal Navy came up with a brilliant idea: why not take all its rogues, thugs and malcontents and place them on board its flagship, HMS Bermuda, where hard work and continuous exercising would keep them out of trouble? Joining this colourful crew was sixteen-year-old Peter Broadbent, fresh out of his year's training at HMS Ganges, and drafted to 'Bermadoo' to make up the ship's quota of Junior Seamen. Initially he lived a cocooned existence in the Juniors' mess, with a community of cockroaches as his closest companions, but his life changed dramatically the day he transferred to the notorious For'd Seamen's Mess. There, he grew up. In the course of his 34,000 nautical miles with Bermuda, he learned how to ammunition the ship, avoid Pompey Lil, sing the Oggie song, survive a storm, throw a perfect heaving line and count himself proud to be a 'sharp-end seaman'. On his eighteenth birthday, the entire population of Hamilton, Bermuda, along with a uniformed band and full ceremonial, enthusiastically welcomed Peter and his ship; in Stockholm he had a memorable dalliance with a local girl called Gunnel, and in Amsterdam a professional businesswoman at work in Canal Street was so impressed with his performance that, as he took his leave, she shook his hand warmly and gave him some of her business cards.

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32 years Man & Buoy
Ian Atkinson

Now available online in Kindle friendly format this book tells the story of Ians time in the Royal Navy with chapters devoted to his career on various Ships, Boats and Shore establishments
From a wet behind the ears Sprog to an old sea dog, Ian’s book will certainly bring back some fond memories for anyone that dares to read it

Out now on Amazon

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WHEN I WAS ON THE TARTAR
Mike Payne

Now available online in Kindle friendly format this book is a blast.
mike writes;
Oh yes, 'When I was on the Tartar...'. It's about my time in the mob from 69 to 80, and encompasses my career, from burials at sea, to escorting Britannia. From winding orificers up to ditching Uckers tables. From fighting yanks to 'Malta dog hunts'. Nobody in it is safe - tiffs (spit) are cabbages, dabbers rule (especiallyRPs..). Everyone is equally insulted.

The admirable who did the foreword describes it as 'a valuable piece of social history of the RN in the sixties'...

'Tug' did the cover - I still have his original sketch.

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