Excerpt from The Dover Patrol, 1915-1917, Vol. 2 During the dark periods of the month - that was during the first and last quarters Of the moon - the majority of the division at rest anchored for the night in the Downs, unless the weather was such that a raid was impossible. This was by no means all joy, as, with a wind of any strength, in any quarter, except from w.s.w. Through north, to a sea set into the anchorage; and, as the destroyers usually rode to the tide, they were apt to roll badly, so that a night's rest was ...
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Excerpt from The Dover Patrol, 1915-1917, Vol. 2 During the dark periods of the month - that was during the first and last quarters Of the moon - the majority of the division at rest anchored for the night in the Downs, unless the weather was such that a raid was impossible. This was by no means all joy, as, with a wind of any strength, in any quarter, except from w.s.w. Through north, to a sea set into the anchorage; and, as the destroyers usually rode to the tide, they were apt to roll badly, so that a night's rest was more nominal than real. The captains, moreover, in the Downs usually preferred to sleep in their charthouse. I tried to dissuade them from doing this, since there was always time for them to be called before the engines could move and the cable he slipped; but, at the same time, it was easy to appreciate their point of view. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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