CITIZEN SAILORS
A FORTNIGHT'S CRUISE
Two hundred and eighty citizen sailors, many of whom, have never been to sea in a warship before, left Portsmouth recently for a fortnight's cruise in the Channel in a division of the Reserve Fleet, says the "Daily Telegraph.". The vessels comprised the cruiser Effingham, flagship of Vice-Ad-miral. G. C. Dickens, commanding the Reserve Fleet, and the destroyers Versatile and Walker.
As these vessels carry reduced. complements they have been brought up to strength by embarking 120 R.N.V.R. officers and ratings from the London, Bristol,' Sussex, and Liverpool Divisions; 70 R.N.R. personnel and 30 cadets from/the mercantile training ship Worcester;, and 30 cadets (each from the Coriway and: the Pangbourne Nautical College.
Besides taking their full share in the work of, the ship and standing watches, the newcomers were to undergo practical instruction "in seamanship, signalling, boat work, gunnery, and torpedo work. Squadron evolutions were carried out.
The ships spent two days at Weymouth, went, to Torbay, returned to ■Weymouth, and left for Falmouth.
Later in the summer, the flagship Effingham will make another cruise, in northern waters, to embark R.N.V.R. detachments from the Tyne, Clyde, East Scottish, and Ulster divisions for sea training.
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Evening Post, Issue 37, 12 August 1936, Page 7
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199CITIZEN SAILORS Evening Post, Issue 37, 12 August 1936, Page 7
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