NAVY OFFICER CANDIDATES LIVE ABOARD NELSON'S SHIP. 4 FEBRUARY 1943, PORTSMOUTH, 50 NAVAL COMMISSION AND WARRANT CANDIDATES ARE LIVING ON THE SAME MESSDECK AS NELSON'S MEN OF TRAFALGAR. HMS VICTORY IS BEING USED AS A NAVAL BARRACKS FOR RATINGS STUDYING FOR COMMISSIONS AND AWAITING THEIR SELECTION BOARD. THEY WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME TEMPORARY SUB-LIEUTENANTS RNVR, IN THE SPECIAL CLASS. DURING THEIR 1 TO 3 MONTHS OF WAITING THEY LIVE IN THE HEART OF NAVAL HISTORY, EAT FROM THE SAME DEAL TABLES, SWING IN THE SAME HAMMOCKS AS NELSON'S MEN. - Commission and Warrant Candidates on board HMS VICTORY: A
NAVY OFFICER CANDIDATES LIVE ABOARD NELSON'S SHIP. 4 FEBRUARY 1943, PORTSMOUTH, 50 NAVAL COMMISSION AND WARRANT CANDIDATES ARE LIVING ON THE SAME MESSDECK AS NELSON'S MEN OF TRAFALGAR. HMS VICTORY IS BEING USED AS A NAVAL BARRACKS FOR RATINGS STUDYING FOR COMMISSIONS AND AWAITING THEIR SELECTION BOARD. THEY WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME TEMPORARY SUB-LIEUTENANTS RNVR, IN THE SPECIAL CLASS. DURING THEIR 1 TO 3 MONTHS OF WAITING THEY LIVE IN THE HEART OF NAVAL HISTORY, EAT FROM THE SAME DEAL TABLES, SWING IN THE SAME HAMMOCKS AS NELSON'S MEN. - Commission and Warrant Candidates on board HMS VICTORY: A discussion in progress round one of the old guns in the fo'c'sle
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