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Description: | British seaman served aboard HMS Implacable based at Portland, GB, 1914; served aboard destroyers operating in North Sea, 1914-1916
REEL 1 Recollections of service as seaman aboard HMS Implacable based at Portland, 8/1914-10/1914: anti-submarine patrols in English Channel , 8/1914; conditions during subsequent destroyer patrols in North Sea; state of morale on outbreak of war, 4/8/1914; recruiting march; patrolling activities; conditions whilst coaling ship. Recollections of service aboard destroyers operating in North Sea, 1914-1916: minimal safety measures and conditions during patrols in rough sea conditions; patrolling operations in eastern North Sea; story of close escape from being washed overboard; conditions whilst coaling and cleaning ship; abortive patrol attempting to locate survivors from HMS Hampshire in Pentland Firth area, 5/6/1916. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | BBC | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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