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  • What is it like serving in the Royal Navy?

  • What do sailors actually do?

  • Do you go anywhere interesting?

  • Which trades and skills are taught?

  • Is it ever boring in the Royal Navy?

  • What do you do when you're at sea and not on watch?

  • What's the food like?

  • What type of sports are played?

These are just some of the most frequent questions a sailor gets asked. Choose any ship's commissioning book from the library and you'll find all the answers and more to the questions above. See how the many branches of the Royal Navy onboard ship defend our nation. See also the differences between serving on big ships and small ships. What sports they play. The help given by Royal Navy ships to countries requiring aid due from earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, tornados etc. Well worth reading is the account of 'Crossing the Line' (Part 8) ceremony, which gives a full description of this traditional occasion when crossing the equator.
I'm sure you'll find more than a few surprises along the way.  For instance, did you know that the "Mighty Hood" was the first British warship to have a purpose built chapel onboard?

 

 

 

 

ROYAL NAVY SHIPS' LIBRARY....

 

 

 

 

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Reminder...
These are  books, so please be  patient whilst they  download

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • HMS BULWARK 1957-1958

  • THIS COULD BE YOUR SHIP...  just loan me your book
    to have it published on this website. Details below...

 

 

 

 

 

PLEASE NOTE....

 

 
These ships' Commissioning Books have been created in the (PDF) (Page Document File) format so as to present you with exactly the same style and layout as the original book. If you aren't able to read the books (PDF files) then you will need to download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader - version 6 or later. Click on the button below to download it free from Adobe. Copyright remains with the authors.

 

 

I'VE SHOWN YOU MINE - NOW SHOW ME YOURS....

 

 

These ships' Commissioning Books have been published on this website for your interest and enjoyment. Would you like to share your ship's commissioning book for us all to enjoy too? If you have any ship's commissioning books to share then please get in contact with David. You can either scan the book's pages at 300dpi and forward on a CD by post or just send the book. If you're able to enclose a self addressed prepaid envelope then it would be very much appreciated as I am unwaged due to illness. If you can't afford to then no matter. The priority here is to preserve our commissioning books. The book(s) will be cared for and returned in the same condition received. david.axford@virgin.net
For those of you that have already shared your Commissioning Books, many thanks and much appreciated. Together we are helping to preserve the Royal Navy's history from the valuable point of view of the ship's companies - the men who lived and worked on these warships.

 

 

HANDY TIP....

 

 

 

Download the parts of these books and save them to your hard disk. In this way you are able to read them off-line at your leisure. However, they cannot be printed or altered in any way. Just like reading the book from your local lending library.
Enjoy

 

 

 

ALWAYS PROFESSIONAL

 

 

 
SHIPS' COMMISSIONING BOOKS

edited for the web by

David Axford