“One Lewis seaman at Trafalgar lost his leg below the knee and to stop the bleeding put his leg into a barrel of tar.”

“Mr Reynolds, an able seaman from 1944 to 1946 in corvettes and LST 3035, came from Adelaide to attend the reunion.”

“Luckily, an able seaman next to me snatched the grenade and threw it into the sea.”

“They had a rubber duck on the water within minutes, but it took more than half-an-hour and exceptional seamanship to reach the Du Toits.”

“It was during Frederik's tutorial on seamanship that Claire delivered the surprising news.”

“Military drill and discipline, as well as seamanship are still part of the book.”

“The main thing now is that 90 per cent of all lifeboatmen are not seamen traditionally and we are having to train people from the very start.”

“Traditionally, the U.S. Navy relied on an apprentice system of shipboard training to produce able-bodied seamen.”

“This is not to diminish the importance of the bravery of Britain's airmen, soldiers and seamen.”