DRIFTER MEN OF THE ROYAL NAVY. SEPTEMBER 1941, ON BOARD DRIFTERS AT SCAPA. THOUSANDS OF PEACETIME FISHERMEN WORK AS DRIFTER MEN WITH THE ROYAL NAVY. THE ENTIRE TRANSPORT OF PERSONNEL, OF FOOD SUPPLY AND OF MAIL TO WARSHIPS AT ANCHOR ARE CARRIED OUT BY THE DRIFTER MEN. THEY ALSO SERVE OUTLANDISH STATIONS WHERE ARMY AND AIR FORCE PERSONNEL UNITS ARE STATIONED MILES AWAY FROM ANYWHERE. AT SCAPA THERE WERE NEARLY 200 DRIFTERS ON THE BOOKS AND OVER 1000 MEN. - Another game in the cabin of the drifter Mission Ship, a converted fishing smack where the drifter men gather on their evenings off. Two of
DRIFTER MEN OF THE ROYAL NAVY. SEPTEMBER 1941, ON BOARD DRIFTERS AT SCAPA. THOUSANDS OF PEACETIME FISHERMEN WORK AS DRIFTER MEN WITH THE ROYAL NAVY. THE ENTIRE TRANSPORT OF PERSONNEL, OF FOOD SUPPLY AND OF MAIL TO WARSHIPS AT ANCHOR ARE CARRIED OUT BY THE DRIFTER MEN. THEY ALSO SERVE OUTLANDISH STATIONS WHERE ARMY AND AIR FORCE PERSONNEL UNITS ARE STATIONED MILES AWAY FROM ANYWHERE. AT SCAPA THERE WERE NEARLY 200 DRIFTERS ON THE BOOKS AND OVER 1000 MEN. - Another game in the cabin of the drifter Mission Ship, a converted fishing smack where the drifter men gather on their evenings off. Two of the youngsters, employed as cooks, have a game of draughts under the critical eye of an old hand
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