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Description: | British naval apprentice shipwright at Chatham Dockyard, GB, 1916-1921; served aboard HMS Repulse in GB coastal waters, 1921-1922
REEL 1 Recollections of period as apprentice shipwright in Chatham Dockyard, 1916-1921: background to enlistment as naval shipwright apprentice, 1916; pattern of apprenticeship including variety of skills learnt; conditions of service for naval apprenticeship; completion of a Book of Questions; degree to which apprentices subjected to naval discipline; work in mast house on wooden and steel masts.
REEL 2 Continues: repair work carried out on ships' boats; preparing boats for regattas; creation of new destroyer HMS Zubean out of two damaged destroyers; training for service on small ships.
REEL 3 Continues: lack of social life; comparison between civilian and Royal Navy shipwright training; naval training in Chatham Barracks, 1921; promotion and status of shipwrights; rating at which shipwrights entered Royal Navy.
REEL 4 Continues: Recollections of period as naval shipwright aboard HMS Repulse, 1921-1922: reception on arrival on board ship including meeting Captain Dudley Pound; character of shipwright's mess including furniture and ventilation; shipwright's work in relation to other members of the Artisan Branch; pattern of service aboard HMS Repulse; working hours.
REEL 5 Continues: need to repair ship's boats and incident of clearing oil stain from deck; amount of spit and polish on board; ship's discipline and common offences; factors that make for a happy ship. Aspects of promotion to lieutenant, 1944: ambition to become commissioned officer; question of promotion of officers from the Artisan Branch.
REEL 6 Continues: relations with officers, lower deck and old messmates. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Lance, David G | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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