After divisions the Commander reported the circumstances to the Captain. The latter, being a chartered humorist, signalled No. 99 to the effect that when boat-lowering practice was again resorted to it would be advisable to provide ring-bolts and securing lashings to prevent the soldiers falling overboard; meanwhile he would make sure of the two he had picked up by keeping them on board the Gosport until her arrival at Port Stanley with the transport under her charge.
Thus Sergeant Malcolm Carr found himself an honorary member of the C.P.O.'s mess on board the Gosport , one of the earlier type of "town" cruisers detailed for convoying duties in the South Pacific.
Malcolm thoroughly enjoyed the novelty of being on board a war-ship. What struck him most was the good order and discipline th
