The Lower deck of the Royal Navy 1900-1939: Invergordon in perspective

The Lower deck of the Royal Navy 1900-1939: Invergordon in perspective

"In September 1931 men of the Atlantic Fleet refused to put to sea. Spontaneous and short-lived, the mutiny at Invergordan took the Admiralty unawares. It need not have: for thirty years discontent had been simmering on the lower deck. But ratings were nor allowed to speak out, and Authority, more interested in hardware than human personnel, clamped down on every avenue of complaint. Now cuts in already miserable pay seemed the last straw...This is the story of the long and not very successful struggle for better pay and conditions up to the 1939 war." (Publishers text)

Carew, Anthony

Manchester University Press 1981, pp.269, Notes, Bibliography, Index

SR M 167