Captains and Kings: The Royal Family and the Royal Navy
Year: 2023 Language: English Author: John Winton Genre: Textbook Publisher: Sapere Books Edition: 1st ISBN: 9781800557550 Format: EPUB Quality: eBook Pages count: 138 Description: In Captains and Kings John Winton chronicles the rich and varied careers of four generations of Royal naval officers between 1901 and 1981, from King George V, who regarded the Navy as the very best kind of early training in character and discipline for any boy and especially for a prince, through to Charles, the future King Charles III, who trained as a naval helicopter pilot and later took command of the minesweeper HMS Bronington. Along the way are thrilling accounts of naval engagements, including Prince Philip’s dramatic role in charge of the searchlight aboard the battleship HMS Valiant during night action off Cape Matapan in 1941, for which he was mentioned in despatches. As First Lieutenant of the destroyer HMS Whelp, the Duke of Edinburgh was present in Tokyo Bay when Japan formally surrendered to the Allies on 2 September 1945.
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Captains and Kings: The Royal Family and the Royal Navy
Language: English
Author: John Winton
Genre: Textbook
Publisher: Sapere Books
Edition: 1st
ISBN: 9781800557550
Format: EPUB
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 138
Description: In Captains and Kings John Winton chronicles the rich and varied careers of four generations of Royal naval officers between 1901 and 1981, from King George V, who regarded the Navy as the very best kind of early training in character and discipline for any boy and especially for a prince, through to Charles, the future King Charles III, who trained as a naval helicopter pilot and later took command of the minesweeper HMS Bronington.
Along the way are thrilling accounts of naval engagements, including Prince Philip’s dramatic role in charge of the searchlight aboard the battleship HMS Valiant during night action off Cape Matapan in 1941, for which he was mentioned in despatches. As First Lieutenant of the destroyer HMS Whelp, the Duke of Edinburgh was present in Tokyo Bay when Japan formally surrendered to the Allies on 2 September 1945.
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