| Entry Text: | LYNCH, Mack. Salty Dips, Vol. 1: When We Were Young and in Our Prime. vi, 209p. Ottawa: Ottawa Branch Naval Officers' Association of Canada, 1983. ISBN: 0969134207.
A series of transcripts of reminiscences taped in the mess and covering all aspects of the sea war. A lovely dip with everything from essays to jokes. It covers Atlantic corvettes like Rimouski, training at King Alfred, patrols in Sealion and P 556, Spiteful in the Far East, DEMS, radar officer on Prince of Wales in the Bismarck chase and her own sinking in the Far East, Fairmiles off Halifax, minesweeping off Tobruk, the sinking of Coventry, MTBs in the North Sea and Mediterranean, the Fleet Air Arm on Unicorn, Striker, and Khedive. |
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