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:[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b16238?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''Naval Odyssey''] by Thomas Woodrooffe 1938, first published 1936. HathiTrust Digital Library. Toby Warren, on the (fictitious) British cruiser HMS "Cassiopeia", participates in the events in Turkey during the 1920s, and the Royal Navy's involvement in the crises there. A publisher's note about the book and the author, says "After the war he saw service …in the Mediterranean…is thus eminently qualified to write a book about things actually seen and experienced while in the Navy".<ref>[http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/morningtribune19360427-1.2.78?ST=1&AT=search&k=%20%22Naval%20Odyssey%22&QT=%22navalodyssey%22&oref=article "Publisher's Note" [about ''Naval Odyssey''<nowiki>]</nowiki>] ''Morning Tribune'', 27 April 1936, Page 15. nlb.gov.sg. </ref>
:Thomas Bovius Ralph Woodrooffe was in the Royal Navy from 1917 and became Lieutenant-Commander in 1929, retired/was dismissed in 1933 and then served in WW2. ''In Good Company'', published 1947 is a memoir about his WW2 service as a Naval Observer. He also wrote a number of other books on naval matters. His navy service is [http://www.unithistories.com/officers/RN_officersW5.html here] scroll down to his entry. unithistories.com
*Patrick O'Brian (1914-2000) wrote 21 very well regarded nautical historical novels in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey–Maturin_series Aubrey–Maturin series] (Wikipedia) set during the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). One reviewer thought they were the best historical novels ever written.
:[https://archive.org/search?query=%28%22Aubrey%2C+Jack+%28Fictitious+character%29%22%29&sort=title Archive.org editions], search term "Aubrey, Jack (Fictitious character)". Or [https://archive.org/advancedsearch.php Search] for individual book titles.
:[https://archive.org/details/jackaubreycomman0000lave/mode/2up ''Jack Aubrey Commands : an historical companion to the naval world of Patrick O'Brian''] by Brian Lavery 2003. Archive.org Books to Borrow.
 
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