A TIFFY I WILL BE: LIFE AS A ROYAL NAVY ARTIFICER IN THE FIFTIES AND SIXTIES (HMS ADAMANT (2nd Submarine Squadron) & HMS WHITBY)

One man’s Memoir of time in the RN during the late fifties and the sixties as an artificer.
Firstly as an apprentice from 1957 to his first ship, HMS Diana, as a UA killick tiff in a PO’s mess thru a submarine depot ship, a frigate in the Far East onto 2 aircraft carriers as a Chief Tiff ”neither sought nor wanted”.
Then CinC’s technical staff before leaving in 1972 with 3 years Chief Tiff seniority, 10 years before Falkland’s. A tale of fun, mischief, avoidance, travel and peculiar adventure in a failed attempt to by-pass success.