Author of "Gunboat and Gun-runner"
"John Graham, Sub-Lieutenant, R.N."
"Ford of H.M.S. Vigilant"
&c.
_Illustrated by Frank Gillett, R.I._
BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED
LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY
1917
*Preface*
In this book I have endeavoured to write a gun-room tale which will give
a general impression of the part played by the Royal Navy during the
Dardanelles operations, and of gun-room life under these conditions.
In writing it I have been greatly assisted by many shipmates--officers,
petty officers, and men--who have been employed away from the ship, on
various occasions, either on shore or in steamboats, tugs, or
motor-lighters. From their accounts it has been possible to bring into
the book descriptions of some interesting incidents and operations which
did not come under my personal observation.
My thanks are due, more especially, to Lieutenant H. A. D. Keate, R.N.,
and to Lieutenant V. E. Kemball, R.N., of this ship, who have read
laboriously through the manuscript as it progressed, corrected many
errors of fact and detail, and suggested very many improvements to the
story as a whole.
T. T. JEANS,
Fleet-Surgeon, R.N.
H.M.S. _SWIFTSURE_,
_27th April, 1916._
*Contents*