Naval Customs and Traditions

Wells, Rear Admiral Gerard: 1930 Philip Allen London, hardcover 195 pages, with illustrations. 18th, 19th and 20th century. Rear Admiral Gerard Aylmer Wells explains the historical origins and meanings of many practices, ceremonies, and social usages in the Royal Navy, from salutes and signals to mess etiquette and shipboard rituals. It offers a concise, early twentieth‑century overview of how these traditions evolved and why they remained central to naval discipline and esprit de corps. In good condition