A Fleet in Being: Notes of Two Trips With the Channel Squadron
A Fleet in Being: Notes of Two Trips With the Channel Squadron
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MEN WHO TAKE THEIR CHANCES Under these conditions the possibilities of a good sea-boat are almost illimitable, given always the men who know how to handle her — the men who will take their chances. And as in the Army so in the Navy runs the unwritten Law : * You must not imperil the property of the taxpayer committed to your charge or you will be publicly broke ; but if you do not take every risk you can and more also you 24 A FLEET IN BEING chap. Will be broke in the estimation of your fellows.... Your men will not love you, and you will never get on. ' To do him justice the junior officer steers a very fair line between the two councils. Thanks to our destroyers, which give him an independent com- mand early in his career, he studies a little ingenuity and artifice. They are young on the destroyers — the chattering black decks are no place for the middle-aged — they have learned how to handle 200ft. Of shod death that cover a mile in two minutes, turn in their own length, and leap to racing speed almost before a man knows he has signalled the engine-room.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
MEN WHO TAKE THEIR CHANCES Under these conditions the possibilities of a good sea-boat are almost illimitable, given always the men who know how to handle her — the men who will take their chances. And as in the Army so in the Navy runs the unwritten Law : * You must not imperil the property of the taxpayer committed to your charge or you will be publicly broke ; but if you do not take every risk you can and more also you 24 A FLEET IN BEING chap. Will be broke in the estimation of your fellows.... Your men will not love you, and you will never get on. ' To do him justice the junior officer steers a very fair line between the two councils. Thanks to our destroyers, which give him an independent com- mand early in his career, he studies a little ingenuity and artifice. They are young on the destroyers — the chattering black decks are no place for the middle-aged — they have learned how to handle 200ft. Of shod death that cover a mile in two minutes, turn in their own length, and leap to racing speed almost before a man knows he has signalled the engine-room.
What to read after A Fleet in Being: Notes of Two Trips With the Channel Squadron?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936 to read onlineMoreLess
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