Jim Carter - Life Pilot
Hearts of Steel
Hearts of Steel - Chapter 4
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Hearts of Steel - Chapter 4

Chapter 4; Tribal-class destroyer

HMS Nubian is launched in 1938 and commissioned early in 1939. She is commanded by Commander Richard Ravenhill and a hand picked group of officers. Her crew is made up of a mixture of experienced hands, of which Herbert is one and new recruits who will be taken under the wing of the seasoned men.

Her first assignment in a world that is rapidly heading fo…

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Jim Carter - Life Pilot
Hearts of Steel
A serialised audio version of Hearts of Steel, written by Jim Carter and narrated by Richard Burnip. Chapter 1, Jim's grandfather (Herbert Leader) is born in Norfolk in 1900. He spends time in the workhouse before the First World War, signing up for the Royal Navy in 1918. This first chapter describes the role and ascendancy of the Royal Navy from 1900 through to the end of World War 1.
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