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Harry Tates Navy

by Action Desk, BBC Radio Suffolk

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Action Desk, BBC Radio Suffolk
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Samuel Ives
Location of story: 
Atlantic and ither waters
Background to story: 
Royal Navy
Article ID: 
A7738707
Contributed on: 
13 December 2005

'Harry Tates' a name given to smaller ships where attitudes were more easy going between officers and ratings and where,what you dressed in didn't matter so much,unless you were at anchor,or entering harbour.

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