#hms dolphin

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Get your own Atomic Submarine (not a real one) from Kellogg's in 1963! Not sure why they went with Atomic as opposed to Nuclear, maybe it just sounded better.

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And now you know where the slogan “Nailed It “ began !

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Smorgasbord Posts from My Archives - #Memoir - Life on the Ocean Wave - Chapter Two - Royal Navy Training -1936 and two encounters with the King and HMS Nelson by Eric Coleman

Smorgasbord Posts from My Archives – #Memoir – Life on the Ocean Wave – Chapter Two – Royal Navy Training -1936 and two encounters with the King and HMS Nelson by Eric Coleman

Following on from the memoirs by my father-in-law Geoff Cronin, The Colour of Life, and Milestones Along the Way, I thought I would end the year with part of my own father’s memoir about the family and in particular his life at sea from 1937 until he retired in 1971. In part one my father talks about his upbringing and apprenticeship that led to his decision to join the navy in 1937: 1916-1936…

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Smorgasbord Posts from My Archives - #Memoir - Life on the Ocean Wave - Chapter Two - Royal Navy Training -1936 and two encounters with the King and HMS Nelson by Eric Coleman

Smorgasbord Posts from My Archives – #Memoir – Life on the Ocean Wave – Chapter Two – Royal Navy Training -1936 and two encounters with the King and HMS Nelson by Eric Coleman

Following on from the memoirs by my father-in-law Geoff Cronin, The Colour of Life, and Milestones Along the Way, I thought I would end the year with part of my own father’s memoir about the family and in particular his life at sea from 1937 until he retired in 1971. In part one my father talks about his upbringing and apprenticeship that led to his decision to join the navy in 1937: 1916-1936…

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History in French Polynesia

History in French Polynesia

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QAs Serving on a Submarine! By Merrill Bate

Defence Costs Study 15, led to the closure of all but one military hospital and the creation of agencies to manage secondary and dental care

When the Army Meets the Navy, what was life like? Now’s your chance to find out #QARANC #armynursing

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When I was a little girl I fell in love with the heroine of book series. Jacky Faber was everything young me ( and old me) wanted to be like. She made me who I am today. After 12 years I now have thr same tattoo. This series means a lot to me and I am so happy with how it turned out.

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Roderigo pockets the coins and takes out a needle and a bottle of ink and sets to.  It hurts like hell, but I've been hurt worse. He makes a few jabs with the needle and then dabs the bloody dots with ink. Soon the dark blue anchor starts to appear.  Even though I'm biting my lip, I have to admire his skill and speed.  In fifteen minutes he's done.

Don't wash it for a while," he says, turning next to Davy, who ain't acting all so brave now that he's seen me get the needle...

~Bloody Jack Chapter 18, L.A. Meyer

So, from the moment I first read this (five years ago) I've known that someday, somehow I would adorn the "small anchor with a little rope around it and HMS Dolphin underneath in small letters".  Now I am faced with the day it will be possible, in a few short week's I'll be 18, and my parents (read Mom) will let me get a tattoo.  

Now I would love for this to be my first Tattoo, but problems do arise.  I would have gotten this tattoo alone, but my sisters (okay one's a cousin, but I feel like she's my sister) also are planing on getting the same tattoo, only the younger must also wait until her 18th birthday.  Being in the true Jacky spirit of sisterhood, I promised her I would wait, and we would all three get them together.  Alas I must wait a few more years before this long awaited symbol marks my skin.

*Photo and Excerpt are not mine, writing belongs to L.A. Meyer.  (Oh yeah and if the photo was mine, it would be blue.)