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. - The Drifter Commander has under him over 190 drifters and over a thousand men. He spends much of his time at the end of the pier talking wit
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. - The Drifter Commander has under him over 190 drifters and over a thousand men. He spends much of his time at the end of the pier talking with the skippers
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