It is an ignominious end for a ship that served in the Royal Navy from 1973 to 2005, and took part in the Falklands, Balkans…
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Nautical Term/Phrase Wednesday: Let The Cat Out of the Bag
In the Royal Navy the punishment prescribed for most serious crimes was flogging. This was administered by the Bosun’s Mate using a whip called a…
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From this website… The phrase originated as ‘son of a military man’ (i.e. a gun). The most commonly repeated version in this strand is that…
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