HMS Ganges Days (2nd ed.)

When Peter Broadbent entered HMS Ganges, the toughest training establishment for young recruits to the Royal Navy, he was a naive 15-year-old Yorkshire schoolboy, entranced with the idea of seeing the world, proud of his drainpipe trousers and DA hairstyle, and eager to meet girls. In other words, he was a Nozzer' - a raw and unsuspecting recruit. When he emerged 386 days later it was as a prospective Dabtoe', not quite a fully trained Seaman, but well on the way. This funny and vivid memoir acc