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Article: Lament for the decline of Royal Navy
- Article from:
- Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)
- Article date:
- January 16, 2007
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I am writing to thank you for the edited article on the Royal Navy
by Charles Strathdee - grim reading for all with the well-being of
our country at heart.
Of course, those interested in the defence of our land have been
aware of the steady decline of the strength of the Royal Navy.
I have seen evidence, at first hand regrettably, of the reduction
in both our Merchant Navy and the Royal Navy during 16 years of
watchkeeping as an auxiliary coastguard. It has been especially
painful for me, having been born within a stone's throw of the sea
at Coverack and coming from a family of lifeboatmen, fishermen and
Merchant and Royal Navy seamen.
I joined the Royal Navy as a seaman in 1941 and saw ...