Cartoon strip first published in WARSHIPS International Fleet Review magazine in September 2012, in honour of the recently completed London Olympics. I hope no other explanation is necessary, but have no doubt that you’ll soon let me know by means[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Most wives would not call the Press Gang – of course. Irregularities on cannon balls (rust, etc.) had to be chipped off to improve the ballistic flight-path.
Jemmy Ducks was the name given to the crew-member whose duties included looking after any live animals on board. The walking larder, so to speak (not the seaman, the animals! Good grief! Do I have to explain everything!). ‘Boning’ was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Cartoon strip first published in WARSHIPS International Fleet Review magazine in August 2012. Seamen were encouraged to dance during their time below, or off-watch, and mostly they were glad to do it. Singing was not so common – shanty singing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Cartoon strip first published in WARSHIPS International Fleet Review magazine in July 2012. Seasickness is no joke for those of you who are selected by it, including Abie, apparently. ‘To cast your all to Neptune’ is an expression used, that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
George Washington referred to Congressman John Trumbull as “my Brother Jonathan”, which became the generic term for New Englanders, and soon for all North Americans. If any Jonathans are reading this – of course you are not as arrogant, big-headed and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This cartoon strip was published in WARSHIPS International Fleet Review magazine in June 2012. Abie and Os are seen taking a trick at the helm, at the wheel just abaft the binnacle. The Jaunty is/was the seamen’s name for the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
