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Stories of the Ships

Stories of the Ships

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STORIES OF THE SHIPS

DEDICATED
TO
CAPT. ELLERTON

STORIES OF THE SHIPS

BY

LIEUT LEWIS R. FREEMAN, R.N.V.R.

OFFICIAL PRESS REPRESENTATIVE WITH THE GRAND FLEET

LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W.
1919

All rights reserved

CONTENTS

I. STORIES OF THE SHIPS PAGE
The Story of the Cornwall 3
i. Plymouth to the Falklands 3
ii. The Battle of the Falklands 28
The Story of the Sydney 53
i. The Signalman's Tale 53
ii. Naval Hunnism 85
II. LIFE IN THE FLEET  
A Battleship at Sea 107
A North Sea Sweep 130
A Visit to the British Fleet 157
The Health of the Fleet 169
Economy in the Grand Fleet 178
Christmas in a "Happy" Ship 194
In a Balloon Ship 203
Coaling the Grand Fleet 216
The Stokers 232
III. AMERICA ARRIVES  
The U.S. Navy 247
"Getting Together" 259
i. How the Officers of the British and American Ships that are working together in European Waters are making each other's acquaintance 259
ii. What the British Bluejacket thinks of the American 268
iii. What the American Bluejacket thinks of Britain and the British 278

I. STORIES OF THE SHIPS

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THE STORY OF THE CORNWALL

I. Plymouth to the Falklands

Of the countless stories of naval action which I have listened to in the course of the months I have spent with the Grand Fleet, I cannot recall a single one which was told as the

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