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H.M.S. Brilliant: In a Ship's Company
This is a fascinating record of the lives of the 250 men and women who serve aboard the Brilliant, a Royal Navy frigate.
Christopher Terrill spent ten weeks with the ship's company during her deployment in the Adriatic as part of Operation Sharp Guard - the enforcement of the UN arms embargo on all the countries of the former Yugoslavia. Here he reveals astonishing insights into life on board a modern warship as he describes, in vivid detail, the events that took place on the Brilliant from the time she left Bari on Italy's east coast for the dangerous waters off Bosnia-Montenegro to the day she sailed majestically back into her home port of Plymouth.
HMS Brilliant is a frank and often humorous account of how 'upper deck' and 'lower deck' live and work in a warzone; and how officers and ratings relax, often with a vengeance, on runs ashore. Particular aspects of naval life are highlighted throughout the book and include wardroom and mess deck traditions, the surprisingly long history of women at sea, the role of the Royal Marines and 'Jackspeak', a language unique to sailors in the Royal Navy. Black-and-white photographs bring personalities and events vividly to life.
Christopher Terrill spent ten weeks with the ship's company during her deployment in the Adriatic as part of Operation Sharp Guard - the enforcement of the UN arms embargo on all the countries of the former Yugoslavia. Here he reveals astonishing insights into life on board a modern warship as he describes, in vivid detail, the events that took place on the Brilliant from the time she left Bari on Italy's east coast for the dangerous waters off Bosnia-Montenegro to the day she sailed majestically back into her home port of Plymouth.
HMS Brilliant is a frank and often humorous account of how 'upper deck' and 'lower deck' live and work in a warzone; and how officers and ratings relax, often with a vengeance, on runs ashore. Particular aspects of naval life are highlighted throughout the book and include wardroom and mess deck traditions, the surprisingly long history of women at sea, the role of the Royal Marines and 'Jackspeak', a language unique to sailors in the Royal Navy. Black-and-white photographs bring personalities and events vividly to life.
224 pages, Hardcover
First published September 1, 1997
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May 15, 2019
After serving on a type 22 frigates myself this was a great read
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