Chapter I: Front Matter

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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

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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

THE STORY OF THE _CORNWALL_