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A First Tripper’s Voyage to the South Seas. In July 1955, at the age of sixteen, having spent three years at the London Nautical School and taken the General Certificate of Education in six subjects, which included Navigation and Seamanship, I was prepared to go to sea, It was first necessary to pass a full medical examination and eyesight test, which sadly caught out a few of my fellow ... ................
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