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Captain ""China Dick"" Richards, unliked by his crew and eager to stamp his authority on the men; the competent Scottish First Mate, the most committed of the entire ship's company; Sparks the radio officer, and ""The Crowd"" - the deck crew, all feature in the voyage from England towards Hong Kong, Singapore and around the South China Seas. For Laddie, this voyage is a culture shock in more ways than one.
In this first-person narrative, Richard Woodman draws upon his six years' service on ships similar to the Antigone, to capture evocatively the sights, smells, and day-to-day life aboard a cargo liner during the last great days of the Merchant Navy.
About: Junior-officer Laddie, nicknamed "Four-O" by the crew, signs on as Fourth Mate on the cargo liner Antigone on a voyage to the Far East.
About: First-timer Laddie, nicknamed by the crew ""Four-O"" as the registers of the Fourth Mate, sets to sea aboard the cargo liner Antigone.
About: Junior-officer Laddie, nicknamed "Four-O" by the crew, signs on as Fourth Mate on the cargo liner Antigone on a voyage to the Far East.
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