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. - Skipper Joe Watt, VC, leaning out of the wheelhouse of his drifter the FLORA FRASER. He won his VC as a drifter skipper in the last war. ,

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