YOUNG SEA DOGS

(Subject: Naval & Maritime: Ships, Submarines & Other Vessels - General) A collection of adventures of midshipmen at sea. From Midshipman Heywood in the Bounty mutiny of 1789, to the two DSCs won by midshipmen at the Battle of the River Plate. There are accounts of the early days at sea of Fisher, Jellicoe and Lord Charles Beresford plus the stories of Midshipman William Kennedy attacking 80 armed Mandarin Junks in his own light Pinnace, Midshipman Hindmarsh taking the incapacitated Bellerophon out of action at the Nile, and the VC won by Midshipman Drewry at the Dardanelles. (Published: 1960) (Publisher: Putnam Publishers) (Pagination: 251pp, 9 illustrations , appendix, index) (Condition: Good in rubbed dw) UL-XXXXXX.