27,834 [HINON] Lert Supertester 21,794 posts 15,601 battles Report post #1 Posted January 15, 2018 Able Seaman Gaze Swag. Able-seaman Gaze gets out of his hammock when he hears the bosun's pipe in the morning Able-seaman Gaze lashes up his hammock before it can be stored away After breakfast, he helps to clean out his own mess deck The first job to be done, is scrubbing the upper deck Divisions followed by prayers and a hymn Here he is sat at the focsle splicing or flaking down rope's ends Coiling a rope Working on the cables Helping to take up slack on the anchor Painting the ship's side The AB is called away in a whaler's crew Dinner at noon The AB takes his turn of duty as aircraft lookout Enemy aircraft are sighted and he rushes to man one of the pom-pom guns At the gunlayer's positon Doing his washing After tea he is free to employ the dog-watches as he likes Reading a book A boxing match on the fo'c'sle A sing-song on the mess deck ... on board HMS Anson, 16-19th August 1942. Source. 10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1,339 [PVE] Chaos_EN2 Members 4,202 posts 8,877 battles Report post #2 Posted January 15, 2018 Thanks Lert, this brought a smile to my face. Reminded me of some of my Navy days. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
493 [TDD] nina_blain_73 Members 1,144 posts 9,210 battles Report post #3 Posted January 15, 2018 this is pretty cool thanks Lert Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,878 [HINON] Doomlock Modder, Privateers 6,797 posts 4,643 battles Report post #4 Posted January 15, 2018 That was a great day-in-the-life aboard a warship! Thanks so much for sharing Lert! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,784 [RLGN] Estimated_Prophet Members 11,784 posts 20,777 battles Report post #5 Posted January 15, 2018 Good stuff as always Lert. (Poor Anson; probably the most unknown of the KGVs...) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
5,112 [PSP] Snargfargle Members 9,836 posts Report post #6 Posted January 15, 2018 That photo essay is pretty cool, Lert, thanks for posting it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,791 [HINON] Phoenix_jz Privateers, In AlfaTesters 7,707 posts 2,122 battles Report post #7 Posted January 16, 2018 20 hours ago, Estimated_Prophet said: Good stuff as always Lert. (Poor Anson; probably the most unknown of the KGVs...) yeah, Anson and Howe got pretty solidly overshadowed by their siblings... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2,791 [HINON] Phoenix_jz Privateers, In AlfaTesters 7,707 posts 2,122 battles Report post #8 Posted January 16, 2018 Great post, thanks for sharing! This deserves an up vote gif: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
251 WolfofWarship -Members- 1,542 posts 26 battles Report post #9 Posted January 18, 2018 Those are really cool! I love this! Thanks so much for sharing @Lert Is this you/a family member/a friend? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
27,834 [HINON] Lert Supertester 21,794 posts 15,601 battles Report post #10 Posted January 18, 2018 Just now, WolfofWarship said: Is this you/a family member/a friend? Nope! No relation whatsoever - that I'm aware of. It's just a series of interesting pictures I found online. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
198 [-BMV-] AquaSquirrel Members 1,227 posts 5,972 battles Report post #11 Posted January 19, 2018 Thanks for sharing Lert! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
