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A Seaman's Pocketbook

June 1943, by the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty

Brian Lavery (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

128 Seiten

2018
Osprey Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4728-3411-9 (ISBN)

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At the height of the Second World War this small pocket-book was issued to all ratings on board ships of the Royal Navy. In straight period prose it outlines all the basic expressions and tasks a seaman needed to know to perform his duties efficiently. Chapters are broken down into: Sea Terms; Navigation; Steering the Ship; Rigging; Anchors and Cables; Boatwork; Miscellaneous (which includes details on uniform and folding a hammock, etc); and Ship Safety. Functional black line illustrations are used throughout, as well as a few pages of colour (used sparingly) for flag recognition.
Faithfully reproduced, with a short introduction by Brian Lavery, which explains the importance of a book like this to a navy that had to take on vast numbers of civilians or Hostilities Only men to meet the manning needs of the war, this volume provides a real mixture of wartime nostalgia and historical authenticity. It makes a world now lost to us accessible again, explaining as it does the terms, skills and conventions of ship board life, a life that required a common language, and where failure to respond to orders instantly could mean the difference between life and death.
The book is sure to appeal to those who served in the war as well as the current generation who are becoming increasingly interested in the role their grandparents, fathers and uncles played during that time.

Brian Lavery is one of Britain's leading naval historians and a prolific author. A Curator Emeritus at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, and a renowned expert on the sailing navy and the Royal Navy, in 2007 he won the prestigious Desmond Wettern Maritime Media Award. His naval writing was further honoured in 2008 with the Society of Nautical Research's Anderson Medal. His recent titles include Ship (2006), Royal Tars (2010), Conquest of the Ocean (2013), In Which They Served (2008), Churchill's Navy (2006), and the Sunday Times bestseller Empire of the Seas (2010).

INTRODUCTION by Brian Lavery

SEA SENSE

I. SEA TERMS
The parts of a ship
Ends and sides
Surfaces
Decks
Terms describing direction and position
Positions of outside objects relative to the ship
Bearings
Movement of objects on board
Movement of the ship

II. THE SEA
Depth
Distance
Speed
Effect of wind on the sea surface
Effect of a sea on a ship
Tides and tidal streams
Buoyage
Description of navigation and pilotage
Methods of sounding and logging speed through the water and distance run
Use of the hand lead and line

III. STEERING THE SHIP
How a ship is conned, steered and driven
Wheel, wheel indicator, and engine room telegraphs
Revolution indicator
Steering by compass
Hints on steering
Steering orders
Tricks and sea dutymen
The Rule of the Road

IV. RIGGING
The purpose of standing and running rigging
Expressions employed in handling ropes
Ropes and cordage
To coil a rope
Whipping a rope’s end
Types of rope
Uses of rope and wire rope
Care and maintenance
Bends and hitches
Reef knot
Clove hitch
Sheet bend
Round turn and two half hitches
Bowline
Belaying a rope
Passing a stopper
A short splice
An eye splice
Gear used in rigging
Spars Blocks
Purchases
The rigging of a derrick
Paravanes

V. ANCHORS AND CABLES
Use of anchors
How an anchor holds
Types of Anchors
Cables
Joining shackles
Marking of cables
Anchor work fittings
The lead of cable
Winches, capstans and cable holders
Principles of anchor work
Securing anchor and cable for sea
Various terms used in anchor work
Securing a ship to a buoy
Leaving a buoy
Reeving a slip rope
Precautions with wire under strain
Securing a ship alongside
Coming alongside
Coming away from a jetty
Securing alongside another ship at a buoy
Placing fenders

VI. BOATWORK
Uses of boats
Types of boats
Manning a boat
Parts of a pulling boat
Single banked and double banked boats
Hoisting and lowering a boat with Robinson’s disengaging gear
Sea boat
Lowering and hoisting a seaboat
Lowering and hoisting boats in harbour
Expressions and orders used when handling pulling boats
Crews of power boats

VII. MISCELLANEOUS
Organisation of a ship
Watch organisation
Divisional organisation
Time
Requests and complaints
Tobacco regulations
Description of slinging a hammock
Hints on kit
How to lay out a bag
Flags and pendants
The Morse code
Semaphore

VIII. SHIP SAFETY
Knowledge of your ship
Damage
Flooding, watertight sub-division
Watertight discipline
Obstructions to traffic
Ventilation system
Stopping the inflow of water
Use of pumps
Stowage of kit
Fire
Types of fire and extinguishers used
Damage to machinery and equipment
Damage to personnel
Anti-flash gear
First aid

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	16.10.2018
Sprache	englisch
Maße	120 x 180 mm
Gewicht	180 g
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Militärfahrzeuge / -flugzeuge / -schiffe
	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schiffe
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-4728-3411-9 / 1472834119
ISBN-13	978-1-4728-3411-9 / 9781472834119
Zustand	Neuware