An unpublished cartoon, but recycled from August 2010. Look at the Naval Stuff page for all there is to know about the Dog Watches, and all other watches.
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Cartoon strip first published in WARSHIPS International Fleet Review magazine February 2012 edition. Abie and Os are seen at the fore cross-trees, which is the junction between the foretopmast and the foregallantmast. It’s where lookouts were often posted, for the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A previously unpublished cartoon strip. Fiddler’s Green was the seamens’ name for having a good time or an easy life, and the sentiments expressed by Abie just about cover what they hoped for. Often when in port, ‘ladies’ and ‘wives’[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
An unpublished cartoon, but recycled from December 2010. In truth, not many seamen would sleep on deck in the cold weather – it was a tropical choice, usually – but at this time of year in England it seems more[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Cartoon strip first published in Warships IFR magazine in January 2012. Even during the Napoleonic Wars ships often went into Arctic regions, usually to protect the whalers. And the North West Passage had still not been navigated (until Roald Amundsen[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A previously unpublished cartoon strip. If you need an explanation for this joke, you must be a sweet innocent thing. If you missed the chance to treat yourself to an AB&OS product before Christmas, why not do it now, if[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Previously published cartoon strip, on this website in June and December 2010. ‘Proffing’ is an old naval term for acquiring an item without the owner’s authority, which in landsman’s language is sometimes called ‘stealing’. In the good old naval tradition[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Cartoon strip first published in Warships International Fleet Review December 2011 issue. This is a REALLY special one, the story-line having been suggested by Graham Jupp. If there is anyone out there that does not know Graham, it is he[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A previously unpublished cartoon strip. The anchor was weighed by means of the main capstan, which is seen here being worked by some of the crew. “The Andrew” is the seamens’ nickname for the RN, from Andrew Miller, a famous[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Previously published cartoon strip, on the website in May and November 2010 . Every day, the decks of a warship were scrubbed and holystoned (see Naval Stuff page (previously called Dictiopaedia)), then flogged dry, before the watch below were called[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…