The crew of the Norland were having a whale of a time in 1982, ferrying passengers between Rotterdam and Hull. Especially the 'girls' in the catering crew: Wendy, Frankie and Candy, all stewards and all gay men.
So when their ferry was requisitioned by the government to transfer nine hundred paratroopers to Ascension Island for the war in the Falklands, the 'girls' jumped at the chance to be part of the crew. Shockingly, they were asked to carry on right into the heart of the Falklands, where they were to be the very first ship of the entire Task Force to make a landing.
Untrained and unprepared, the crew faced heavy bombardment from the Argentinian air force. Miraculously, the Norland survived intact as many other ships were destroyed around it. And, just as miraculously, the paratroopers eventually looked on their camp catering staff as the heroes of their war.
Written with the real-life protagonists, this book relates their incredible experiences in a war they never signed up for, while demonstrating how lasting bonds can be formed between the unlikeliest of people.
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All in the Same Boat - The untold story of the British ferry crew who helped win the Falklands War
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All in the Same Boat - The untold story of the British ferry crew who helped win the Falklands War
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- CONTENTS
- PROLOGUE 1982
- 1: RUM, BUM AND BACCY
- 2: WHO’S THE POOF ON THE PIANO?
- 3: A SLIGHT CHANGE OF PLAN
- 4: FROM TEA AND BUNS TO SUBMACHINE GUNS
- 5: SHHH!
- 6: LCU, NGS, Y2K AND G and T
- 7: READ ALL ABOUT IT! MERCHANT SHIP SUNK IN FALKLANDS
- 8: THE PRISON SHIP
- 9: TRENCH FOOT AND TENDERNESS
- 10: FROM SEA KINGS AT DAWN TO MOWING THE LAWN
- 11: COLLAPSING UNDER THE STRAIN
- 12: THE GRAND FINALE?
- 13: I WOULD HAVE MUCH PREFERRED A NICE BROOCH
- 14: THE LOVE BOAT
- 15: GATHERING DUST AND RISING TENSIONS
- EPILOGUE
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- APPENDIX I: CREW LIST – MV NORLAND AS OF 11 MAY 1982
- APPENDIX II: OFFICERS’ DUTIES
- APPENDIX III: TECHNICAL DATA
- FURTHER READING
- Plates
- Also by Warren FitzGerald
- Copyright
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