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. - Serving with Skipper Gatt, DSC, in the DAISY II are his 15 year-old son and his brother with whom he has worked in drifters since they were
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. - Serving with Skipper Gatt, DSC, in the DAISY II are his 15 year-old son and his brother with whom he has worked in drifters since they were boys together. Here Skipper Gatt is about to play the ball. His son on the left watches. His brother on the right throws the ball back. Between the two brothers is their mutual friend, the Mate, who served in the same boat as Chief Engineer in the last war. The game is taking place in the cabin of the drifter's Mission ship
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