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Description: | British seaman gunner joined Royal Navy 1909; served aboard HMS Cadmus on China station; served aboard HMS Rosario, HMS Shannon, HMS Royal Oak, HMS Triumph and HMS Cyclops, 1914-1922; served as rigger at Rosyth dockyard, GB, 1939-1945
REEL 1: Aspects of operations as seaman gunner aboard HMS Cadmus on China station: various memories of Hong Kong; coaling; painting ship; sailed to Singapore; role of Cadmus in intelligence story of sinking of German battleship Emden; use of lyddite shells; description of boarding wreck of Emden; role in removing and burying bodies; problem of smell and poisonous fumes from swollen bodies; memory of sharks eating bodies; de-fusing and removal of torpedoes and guns from Emden; calibre and range of guns; story of Seaman Wakefield cutting of fingers with rings from dead; souvenirs from Emden. Recollections of service with Royal Navy, 1909-1945: reason for joining navy, 2/1909; family background; enlistment in Doncaster and question of falsifying age; various memories of period as rigger at Rosyth dockyard, 1939-1945.
REEL 2 Continues: mobilisation at Chatham, 1939; uniform; problem with left eye after accident and returned to Rosyth as rigger; wife's promotion; shift work; enlistment and posted to Shotley Barracks, 1909; incident with bath on first day; story of running away to Ipswich; taken back to Shotley by policeman and nature of punishment; opinion of food and messing arrangements aboard training ship HMS Leviathan in Gibraltar and reason for mutiny; sailed aboard HMS Rosario to China station, further memories of HMS Cadmus on China Station; opinion of Captain Williams; question of pay; kit inspection; incident with stoker; story of captain's wife; description of being caught in typhoon.
REEL 3 Continues: damage to ship and death of navigator; reason for volunteering for submarines and training; opinion of accommodation and messing on HMS Dolphin; opinion of instructors on HMS Ganges; daily routine at Shotley Barracks; memory of salt fish for breakfast; physical training; climbing mast; gunnery training at Chatham; qualified; further comments on mutiny aboard HMS Leviathan; messing arrangements; story of visit by Winston Churchill to HMS Shannon and subsequent improvements in messing arrangements; various memories of HMS Royal Oak and HMS Shannon; further comments on China Station and pay rates; death of American sailor in bar.
REEL 4 Continues: opinion of Americans; method of raising anchor manually; water supplies; use of Japanese coal; manual raising of boats; relations with other nationalities in Shanghai; sporting activities; various memories of HMS Cyclops, HMS Triumph and HMS Shannon; pension on discharge; opinion of warrant officers and bosuns; comparison of abilities of various captains. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Baynham, Henry | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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